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[email protected] Major Bahamian resorts were yesterday accused of blindsiding the hotel union and its members by altering contractually-agreed Christmas bonuses without any prior warning. Darrin Woods, the Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union s (BHCAWU) president, told Tribune Business that despite the joy surrounding the recall of several thousand hotel workers he cannot allow all their rights to be taken away . Echoing similar concerns to those raised at the Water & Sewerage Corporation and the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise, Mr Woods said this year s change to Christmas bonuses amounted to a unilateral variation of the terms and conditions contained in the union s industrial agreement that covers multiple resort properties. ....
Warns union of site closings, even shutdown Rejects BHMA claims on Christmas bonus By NEIL HARTNELL [email protected] The Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise warned trade unions over one month ago it was in absolute survival mode and may have to close locations or even shutdown with revenues off 50 percent. The fast food outlet and its operating parent, Restaurant (Bahamas) Ltd, cited COVID-19 s devastating effect and the urgent need to make adjustments that cut expenses and conserved cash as it rejected assertions by Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, that it was acting in bad faith over plans to alter the staff s Christmas bonus. ....
[email protected] A former hotel union presidential candidate yesterday alleged he was singled out and targeted for termination by Atlantis just one day after the resort re-opened to much jubilation and fanfare. Dave Beckford, a 25-year veteran of the Paradise Island mega resort s landscaping department, told Tribune Business that hotel executives provided no explanation to justify his release after summoning him to a meeting on Friday morning. They simply gave him a cheque for all severance pay and benefits due to him, with Mr Beckford voicing fears that he was being labelled as a trouble maker and anti-management which is not the case . ....