Chaguaramas dock workers protest over wage freeze
Thursday 29 April 2021
A worker from the Caribbean Dockyard holds a sign during a protest at the company s Chaguaramas headquarters on Thursday - Photo by Shane Superville
Thirty employees of Caribbean Dockyard and Engineering Services Ltd (CDESL) staged a heated protest outside the company s Chaguaramas compound on Thursday over delays in salary negotiations.
Speaking with Newsday, one worker said he was frustrated over repeated delays and called on the government to expedite the process to update workers salaries. It s really frustrating that we have to find a way to live on 2006 salaries. We do a lot of dangerous work when it comes to repairs and maintenance of vessels, and our salaries simply don t reflect that.
Trade union leaders to workers: It is time to unite to fight
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PSA president Watson Duke (center) with members of various trade unions show solidarity as they gather at the Store Bay carpark in Crown Point before the start of a motorcade on Sunday. - DAVID REID
Three of TT’s major trade unions held a motorcade throughout Tobago on Sunday, condemning what they believe is the Government’s plan to “decimate the country’s workforce.”
They also spoke out against privatisation, declining standards of living and the non-settlement of outstanding negotiations.
The motorcade, titled Unite To Fight, began at the Store Bay car park, Crown Point and ended at Gardenside, Scarborough.
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(Champ Fleurs) – The West Indian Tobacco Company Limited has completed its negotiations with the Seamen and Waterfront Workers’ Trade Union (SWWTU) for the period 2020 to 2022 and has finalized the Collective Bargaining Agreements for both hourly rated workers and monthly paid staff.
The SWTTU negotiation team was led by its President General Michael Annisette, while the team from The West Indian Tobacco Company Limited was led by HR Operations Luke Gittens and Amy Lazzari, Head of HR Caribbean. The signing of both agreements took place on Tuesday 1
st December 2020 at the Desperadoes Meeting Room at the company’s head office.
Describing the process as unprecedented, Laurent Meffre, Managing Director of The West Indian Tobacco Company Limited said negotiations on the new collective bargaining period took only four meetings – between September 22
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