BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Public servants in Barbados can breathe a bit easier. For now. Minister of Finance Chris Sinckler has promised that if the struggling economy does reach the stage where Barbadians are to be put on the breadline, trade unions and the population will be consulted first. “I can’t say from this distance we are looking to lay people off,” Sinckler added in response to a caller on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks call-in programme yesterday.