Staff members of the Industrial Development Commission staged a job action across the territory Monday, reportedly over low morale and the leadership style of IDC Executive Director Frandelle Gerard.

Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Lorraine Berry announced Monday morning that the 10 a.m. committee meeting to discuss the Tourism Revolving Fund has been postponed indefinitely because Tourism Commissioner Rafael "Rafie" Jackson is on leave.

John Sheen, who was assistant commissioner of the Labor Department under Sonia Jacobs Dow, has been named acting commissioner by Gov. Charles W. Turnbull.

The V.I. Department of Health has apparently placated emergency medical technicians on St. Croix after announcing that the government had signed a contract with a private company to maintain the island’s fleet of ambulances.

"A waste of time – we'll be back on the picket lines Monday," one teacher said Saturday in response to Friday's marathon Senate session to find funding for teachers' salary raises.

Hundreds of American Federation of Teachers members marched en masse on St. Croix’s Government House on Friday protesting their lack of a contract.

The Senate in special session Friday night passed a bill worked out in negotiations with the Turnbull administration this week that identifies more than $11 million to pay for salary increases for teachers. The vote was 9-5. By the same vote total, legislators also passed a revised early retirement bill for government employees.

Gov. Charles W. Turnbull has presented a bill to the Legislature that would remove the Tourism commissioner as the chairman of the Industrial Development Commission and the Virgin Islands Port Authority. The bill is on the agenda for Friday's special legislative session.

Despite a strike by teachers and support staff that has essentially shut down public schools, Education Department officials maintain that classes are being held.

On the eve of a special legislative session called by Gov. Charles W. Turnbull, few on the administration's fiscal team reportedly support a proposal that would generate about $11 million to fund step increases for public school teachers, support staff and paraprofessionals.