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#BTColumn – What the trade union can do
Article by July 10, 2021
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc.
by
Daria Michelle Cave
These past few years I’ve realised many members of our trade unions may not realise all that the trade union can do for us, its members. It is not at all only about disputes between employer and employee.
Really, what are the types of things a trade union ought to be doing for us? Well, we have a lot of people walking around lately bandying around reasons we should have things in Barbados costing even more than they do. Visitors and Barbadians know Barbados is one of the most expensive places to live and visit, but do we ever ask ourselves why that is?
by Bajan Reporter / May 10th, 2021
Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, who is currently in the final year of his six-year contract, has been reappointed by the institution’s highest governing body, the University Council, for a second six-year term.
The Council which met virtually on
Friday 30
th April, for its annual business meeting, approved the renewal of Vice-Chancellor Beckles’ term based on an appraisal of his performance. This included his leadership of the regional university during the throes of pandemic, which saw the University rising to the expectations of its stakeholders, described by the Vice-Chancellor himself as “