Sangre Grande workers give 24-hour deadline to get jobs back
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In this file photo from the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, chairman Anil Juteram oversees the clearing of a watercourse along Robinson Circular, Toco Sangre Grande.
FIRED Sangre Grande regional corporation contract workers are adamant they will not be backing down from their threats of legal action and are only willing to give the council a day to respond to their legal letter.
The council of the corporation, led by chairman Anil Juteram, was meeting in emergency session on Wednesday to discuss the pre-action protocol letter sent by the ten on Monday.
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Sangre Grande Regional Corporation Anil Juteram and Toco/Fishing Pond councillor Terry Rondon during the swearing-in ceremony of the council on December 17, 2019. File photo -
The People’s National Movement (PNM) members of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation will be seeking legal advice on the legality of the special statutory meeting held on March 31 where a vote was taken to rescind the employment contracts of 16 people.
Speaking at a press conference at the corporation on Thursday, alderman Daneille Marshall-Piper said, “We need to know if, given the fact that they wanted to rescind a decision and they do not have just cause, if that vote was to be taken.”
UNC-led Sangre Grande council fires 12 workers
File photo: Local government councillor Martin Terry Rondon.
Long-serving PNM councillor for Toco/ Fishing Pond Terry Rondon is blaming the chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, Anil Juteram, for the UNC-led council s firing of 12 contract workers.
On Wednesday, at a special statutory meeting at the corporation’s Chamber Hall, six UNC council members voted to send home the short-term contract workers.
Those who voted for the decision were vice-chairman and councillor for Manzanilla/ Fishing Pond Kenwyn Phillip; councillor for Sangre Grande South Calvin Seecharan; councillor for Sangre Grande North West Nassar Hosein; councillor for Cumuto/Tamana Anil Maharaj; alderman Suzan Holder and alderman Keon Saroopsingh.