Correctional officers are back on the job after two days of protest.

The officers went on go slow yesterday to register their frustration with the protracted salary dispute with the government.

The island’s more than 2,000 correctional officers are represented by the Jamaica Federation of Corrections and the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU).

UAWU Negotiating Officer, Aston Johnson, says unions have now received a proposal from the Finance Ministry on the realignment of the salary and benefits of correctional officers.

Johnson says the unions will put together a response and ask for an urgent meeting so that negotiations can begin as soon as possible.

For months, correctional officers, and the government have been at odds over the implementation of a 2011 relativity study to align their salaries with those of firefighters.

The alignment was to take effect on April 1 last year with implementation set for January 2014.

But only firefighters received the pay increase.

Correctional officers and their unions have accused the government of being unfair.

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