Antigua moves from minimum wage to liveable wage, Browne warns foreign managers who disrespect local workers will be deported

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced a shift in Antiguan economic policy from a minimum wage framework to a liveable wage model at a joint rally of the Antigua Trades and Labour Union and the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party, with a pledge to continue increasing salaries routinely. Speaking days after the ABLP took 15 of 17 seats in the April 30 general election, Browne framed his administration’s new term as “a renaissance for the working class” and said his leadership team are all “products of the working class.”

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Antigua moves from minimum wage to liveable wage, Browne warns foreign managers who disrespect local workers will be deported