Anguilla Civil Service Association

15/09/2026

We were saddened to hear of the passing of our dear Union Sister Sandra Hodge.

The Anguilla Civil Service Association (ACSA) joins Sandra’s family, friends, colleagues and the wider Public Service in mourning the passing of Ms. Sandra Hodge, a former Executive Member, dedicated trade unionist and valued member of our ACSA family.

For those of us who had the privilege of serving alongside Sandra, we remember much more than the positions she held. We remember her willingness to serve, her dependability, her quiet strength and her firm belief that every worker deserved to be treated with fairness, equity and respect.

Sandra gave many years to the ACSA, serving as Secretary, Treasurer, Women’s Representative and Vice President. Whatever the task, Sandra could be counted on to play her part. She contributed to the Association’s review of the General Orders, lent her voice to the Quality Public Services initiative through Public Services International, and served as Chair of the Registration Committee when Anguilla hosted the Caribbean Public Services Association Conference in 2017.

Her commitment to service was also evident throughout her long career in the Immigration Department, where she rose through the ranks before retiring from the Anguilla Public Service in 2020.

Sandra was one of those persons whose contribution may not always have been accompanied by fanfare, but whose presence and service made a difference. She gave of herself, she stood for what she believed was right, and she helped strengthen the Association that she served.

Today, we remember her with sadness, but also with deep gratitude and affection.

Sandra, thank you for walking this journey with us. Thank you for the time you gave, the responsibilities you carried and the values you stood for. You served well, and your contribution will remain a part of the story of the ACSA.

To her loved ones, we extend our heartfelt condolences.

Farewell, dear Sandra. We salute your service and will remember you with gratitude. May your soul rest in eternal peace.

26/11/2025

Today starts the 16-days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. Gender-based violence occurs in the workplace, where all need to be protected.

03/08/2025

Congratulations to the new executive of the CPSA. The ACSA is an affiliate of the CPSA and was represented at this year's conference by Vice-president Chevonne Da Souza and executive member Fiona Wilkinson.

July 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE

Daisy M. Hazzard, President of the GPWU, is now also President of the Caribbean Public Services Association (CPSA)

St. Georges, Grenada, July 29th, 2025: The Grenada Public Workers’ Union (GPWU) extends congratulations to our President Sister Daisy M. Hazzard who is now President of the Caribbean Public Services Association (CPSA), a position which was conferred at the conclusion of the Annual Caribbean Public Services Association (CPSA) Conference, which ran from July 20th to 25th, 2025, in Dominica.

The CPSA is a Caribbean-wide organisation which brings together 20 affiliates from across 17 territories annually, spanning from the Bahamas to the North to Guyana in the South. Among its aims, the CPSA unites civil and public sector employees across the region, promotes and strengthens unity and collaboration among regional Public Service Trade Unions and/or Associations, shares best practices, advocates for professional development within the Caribbean public service, and serves as a coordinating agency to lobby for public sector concerns with Governments.

GPWU also extends congratulations to Sis. Tiffonie Powell-Williams of the Jamaica Civil Services Association (JCSA), on her election to the position of General Secretary of the CPSA, the first female to do so in the history of the organisation. Sis. Powell-Williams took over from Bro. Thomas Letang, from the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), who has held that position for the past nineteen years. GPWU takes this opportunity to express its heartiest congratulations to Bro. Letang for his sterling contributions and dedication to the CPSA during his tenure, and wishes him the best in his future endeavours.

Among the GPWU delegates were Sis. Nekisha St. Bernard, 2nd VP, who represented the GPWU Women and Bro. Hew Williams, Men’s Chair. Williams described the 6-Day event as empowering and uplifting - “the conference has been an eye opener as to how dynamic regional trade unionism is, as well as the commonalities that exist among territories. It has also ignited a spark to continue the fight and to advocate for the rights of workers”.

Sis. St. Bernard has described the Conference as - “truly inspiring – I learnt a lot. The experience was enlightening and I am better prepared to serve in my role of VP to the GPWU”.

The 54th Annual Conference of the CPSA will be held in Grenada in July of 2026, and the GPWU looks forward to hosting such a prestigious conference and meeting all our Caribbean affiliates.

Sis. Hazzard has remarked that, “the level of anticipation and expectation expressed by our affiliates is great, and I am therefore calling on all GPWU members to get on board now, as we begin early preparations to organise not just a world-class conference, but to show our affiliates the greatest Grenadian hospitality and experience ever”.

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07/05/2025

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Today is World Mental Health Day 10 October 2024. We share some information from our sister union the Bermuda Public Services Union. How does it impact the workplace.

BPSU Virtual Panel Discussion

08/10/2024

Mental Health and its impact on the workplace

04/08/2024

The Anguilla Civil Service Association expresses its condolences on the passing of Brother Dennis Clarke. A trade unionist who was instrumental in supporting a case on behalf of the ACSA.
We send condolences to Brother Clarke's wife, family and friends. May he RIP

I am truly saddened to learn of the passing of Bro. Dennis Clarke, former General Secretary of the National Union of Public Workers, an organisation to which he gave over 40 years of service.

https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/blog/labour-minister-remembers-late-trade-union-stalwart/

08/03/2024

08/03/2024

On International Women's Day 2024, Public Services International, the global union federation representing care workers in the public, private, community and not-for-profit sectors, calls for stronger and bolder political will to rebuild the social organisation of care, at the heart of gender justice.

“In 2024, more than a hundred years after the New York garment workers' strike, the symbol associated with declaring 8 March as International Women's Day, PSI reaffirms that real progress in transforming women's lives requires stronger and bolder political will to rebuild the social organisation of care, which is at the heart of gender justice”, said Daniel Bertossa, Public Services International’ General Secretary, the global union federation representing care workers in the public, private, community and not-for-profit sectors.

While national states and the UN system have, in response to women's struggles, achieved greater consensus on the need to recognise, reduce and redistribute unpaid care work, historically done by women, a significant gap persists in rewarding paid care work through decent work and representation, without prejudice to contractual, migratory, or professional status.

Additionally, not much progress has been made on the need to reclaim the public nature of care systems and services, emphasising the state's role in their financing, public provision, and regulation in the common interest, to which all actors involved in the social organisation of care must align.

Concurrently, the privatisation and financialisation of care have become increasingly visible since the COVID-19 pandemic, directly impacting working conditions in the sector and universal access to public care services. This has led to a dual effect on women, both as the majority of workers in the sector and through the increase in unpaid care work in the absence of public services.

Gloria Mills, PSI World Women’s Committee Chair stated “PSI has documented the failures of care privatisation in the context of the pandemic highlighting the need to reverse privatisation. Now is the time for resistance, and opportunities to work towards a care sector reform. "

PSI has launched six key principles for strengthening care systems, which have the potential to improve women's lives: 1: Public funding of care, 2: Public delivery, 3: Public Stewardship, 4: Public Transparency and Accountability, 5: Decent Work and Pay 6: Dignity in Care.

"Embracing these principles, we, trade unions and feminists from Brazil to Canada, South Africa to Morocco, Turkey to Finland, Indonesia to Japan, and New Zealand raise our voices to say we are moving forward, actively resisting, and fighting back. Ending unpaid care work is key to achieving ender justice” adds Gloria Mills.

Britta Lejon, PSI President added “the work of social and long-term care workers around the world must be valued and recompensated with decent work, including equal pay for work of equal value. In many countries they bear the additional burden, and are disproportionally impacted by war, conflicts, and climate change, Gaza has been a cruel example. Now is the time to reclaim the public nature of care and restore the primary responsibility of the State to provide public can improve and transform workers' and women’s lives.

PSI applauds the thousands of collective actions our affiliated unions, women workers, and feminists around the world are taking today, such as the feminist strike in France , the care strike in the early childhood education sector in Australia ECEC strike action, and the green tide that will become a tsunami in Argentina Seremos Tsunami. We reaffirm our commitment to working towards a gender-transformative care sector reform.