Fired Sangre Grande corporation contract workers demand jobs back
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In this file photo PNM and UNC councillors of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, from left, Paul Mungolas, Anil Juteram, Nassar Hosein, Kenwyn Phillip, Martin Terry Rondon, Simone Gill, Anil Deonarine Maraj and Calvin Seecharan at the swearing-in ceremony on December 9, 2019. - Photo by Angelo Marcelle
TEN of the 16 workers at the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation are demanding that the council revoke a decision to terminate them and not to approve funding for their employment.
The council was given until noon on Wednesday to give the undertakings set out in a pre-action protocol letter sent on the workers’ behalf by attorney David-Mark Kidney 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.
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