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OWTU s president general Ancel Roget -Marvin Hamilton UNION leaders have declared September 1 Freedom Day,when hundreds of people are being asked to come out – the day after the extended state of emergency is expected to expire – to express their displeasure at decisions taken by the government in the last 17 months. The call was made at a virtual press conference on Thursday hosted by Oilfield Workers Trade Union president Ancel Roget. It was attended by Idi Stuart, president of the TT Registered Nurses Association; National Trade Union Centre (NATUC) general secretary Michael Annisette; Joseph Remy, president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions; Clyde Elder, general secretary of the Communications Workers’ Union; and representatives of the Trinidad General Workers Union and Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union, to name a few. ....