St John’s – The court-appointed administrator of the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT (1974) Limited, said he has “no objection” discussing matters of concern with the unions representing the airline’s workers – but Cleveland Seaforth said the union must provide “an itemised list of topics” for the discussions. The Antigua & Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) has been seeking a meeting with Seaforth to discuss the future of the airline and said …
The head of one of LIAT’s shareholder governments wants to see a “humanitarian” resolution to the ongoing pay dispute involving former employees of the cash-strapped regional carrier.Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the call as former employees of the airline – which is owned by his government as well as the governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, and St Vincent and the Grenadines – continue to demand severance and other payments.The employees’ unions say they are disappointed that the shareholder governments have not addressed severance payments to the former workers, even as the airline operates a reduced schedule since November 2020.“The issue of the payment of severance pay is a matter of the law but we believe that some form of compromise should occur. That’s our personal opinion. It is not the position of the entire shareholders of LIAT, but our personal position,” Skerrit said, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio.“Something has to ha
St John’s – General Secretary of the Antigua & Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU), David Massiah says he will continue seeking a meeting with Cleveland Seaforth, the court-appointed administrator for the cash-strapped regional airline, LIAT (1974) Limited. The trade unionist said earlier this month that among the issues to be discussed will be the decision by the shareholder governments to liquidate the company that owes millions of dollars to former employees …
Former employees of LIAT 1974 Ltd and Caribbean Airport Services (CAS), who were terminated during the Covid-19 pandemic, will benefit from a gift voucher…