@Bush Tea ” the problem at AX has morphed from the initial rantings of miserable middle aged women”

It was never a problem of miserable middle aged women.

Only foolish misogynistic people made such statements

good to see simple simon called out the hypocrtical Bush TEA now acting like judge ! jury ! and executioner on the AX matter . i am really perplexed at how he made such an about turn. after many calls to fire all the menopausal teachers for disobeying the tyranical Jeff Broomes in his earlier stance in the AX matters.

@AX

d u really mean burning? we shall see what we shall see. why hasnt bstu got support from the other unions apart from caswell’s union, lol. I think the BSTU fire has been hosed down and thats the renmant of the water down and it will soon out.

Remember that there are a number of retired teachers who are vaialble to assist in teaching the nation’s children.

@Dr. the Honourable Fool “There was a rise in the number of female teachers ; There was a decline in standards. The rise in female teachers is therefore the cause of the decline in standards. Other things have declined too-BECAUSE OF WOMEN !”

Maybe the system has SEEMED to decline because nowadays the system has to educate all the children. In the good old days for which you hanker only the brightest, children, and those with the most committed parents received and education. So it may SEEM that the system has declined. In reality as in all modern democracies the system is struggling to educated everybody, even those who have no interest in education, even those with very little capacity to learn. And women teachers are at the forefront of teaching ALL our children, even those of our children with very little capacity. I BIG-UP our women teachers.

If women teachers are the problem what do you plan to do, take them all in Independence Square and shoot them?

What are you proposing gender cleansing?

@ Anonymous
The PM spoke about an ” EMISSARY ” who delivered the message from Owen Arthur and whom he said he will name at the appropriate time . He also said the message was followed up by a WRITTEN NOTE TO HIM FROM OWEN ARTHUR WHICH HE HAS KEPT. I cant wait for the evidence ; the PM will have to make disclosures to protect his credibility which up to now has never been questioned . I am sure Miss Mottley waiting too .

BUSH TEA u such a FOOL. Who de hell argue wid a man that still living in the dinosaur era. Don’t take uself so seriously. old FOOL !SERIOUSLY !

@TTP

man all it takes a Strike action,. Btw nothing said about the other schools who have been affected by the teachers who are on sick out. it would be interesting to see if this matter is not resolved in haste how much problem it would cause for those schools adding to more transfers in seeking permanent resolve cause at some point and time a semblance of order must prevail.

@ac
AX is settling down on the surface. The other schools are missing 1 maybe 2 teachers. The MOE has a finger on the trigger to resolve that absence with dispatch. The BSTU will lose further ground as time passes. They cannot strike (legally). The Principal of AX, the Minister, the students and the CEO has spoken…hence the PR war is lost. No one cares about Broomes anymore, he’s no longer a match to light flames. Discussion or no disussion, game, set and almost match.

@baffy
Since it is you I will give you it for free

@TTP
I expected more of a robust legal, procedural, fight from the BSTU. This retreat to a position of compromise and resorting to “sick leave” shows me they were even weaker than I thought. Good luck with persuading Caswell. We all have failed so far!

@simple simon
The abundance of young female teachers is a contributor to some of our problems. The disparity between male-female teachers is doing our young males and to some degree the system a disservice. Having said that, I’m not blaming these females. It just is what it is and what it has become.

Observing.

Yes Observing, as you predicted long ago, game set and match is just around the corner. Congrats to you and Freundal as well who stumbled to a good victory.

Anybody that refuses to accept that the rise in -woman power– is the cause of many of our problems is not dealing with reality. Women are worse than NAKAWS !!!!!.

Wise old men kept women far from decision making, leadership and influence. Women have a role to play. Let them play that role. Any dismissal of this fact must lead to problems in society.
NEXT: The rise and acceptance of Homosexuality

@Hal

Of course!

The word compromise MUST feature in any dispute especially one which is as entrenched as the AX imbroglio. Our regret is that is has featured too late in impasse.

@hal
Good morning sir! Just one quick question. Was the word “compromise” in the vocabulary of the BSTU or their legal counsel back in January 2012 when the cry was “he must go…nothing else will do…we shall not return?”

Just observing

The word “compromise” sounds like a roll of thunder rolling of the tingue of Hal gallop in an attempt to stave off damage control to the BSTU. what happent to the thought of “setting precedant “and the long term ramifications and fall outcaused by govt actins in this resolve for the future “if” a similiar scenario presents itself. HELLO! what is the BSTU fighting for?

@ac

You may not be able to appreciate the point but it is an IR practice/convention that all players around the table should be allowed to withdraw with some dignity intact. Today my turn tomorrow your turn. It is a pity it has taken this look but it is time to turn the corner on this one and for ALL to hug the learnings.

The teachers at Ax were intrenched but look at the type of entrenchment that they were up against …. How the hell could “compromise” have been pursued at any point in the game…? And as ac is saying, what the hell has been done to break up the old boys network that has been exposed by all of this …?

David i can appreciate “compromise”but in this case i appreciate that setting “PRECEDANT”can be obstructive for years to come in effect this outcome maybe be more like outting a small bandaid on a large hole. closing the window of opportunity to put an end to a legitimate and legal matter it not the answer cause when a similiar situation arises we would not all be wiser for it. i say continue the fight for legitimate and concrete resolve.cause it is the right thing to do.

@Hal
Compromise is an after thought of Redman,Froth & Co only because the GG has issued instructions which will not be recalled!You have difficult clients.Up to yesterday Redman was demanding that letters to some teachers be withdrawn.Who the hell Redman think she is?Freundel Stuart?He is the PM not Redman.He represents 300,000 bajans.She seem to speak for about 20 or so.
@David
Did you glean from the photographs in the press,the demeanour of the new principal of AX.The man is not grinning like some principals I see in the press.A pleasant but business like profile is what I saw.

As usual the modern day poets/philosophers i.e. the recording artists and lyricists get it right in song. In 1969 Mick Jagger and the Rolling stones released an album called “Let it Bleed” with a top hit titled “you Can’t Always Get what You want” and Mary and BSTU are bleeding all over the place as they did not achieve what they wanted.

They got half a loaf (Broome’s reassignment) but they wanted the whole bread, now it’s time to pull up stumps and remember if they prolong the fight they may end up being martyrs. When they hit the showers they can belt out another Stones hit – ( I can’t get no) Satisfaction.

@Gabriel Tackle

So far so good.

@ Prodigal Son | January 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM |

If Fractured BLP is so confident about the veracity of the note lying Fumble claims he received from OSA then let him publish it like the letter from the Eager Eleven. Like the $75,000 campaign cheque let us see a photocopy of the handwritten note duly signed by OSA. Nothing word-processed will suffice either; unless it shows OSA’s name and known signature so we can carry out a handwriting or calligraphic analysis.

Unless Fumble the deceitful Mr. Integrity can produce such we will have to treat him the same way he treated the Eager Eleven. But then he can carp again about the note being “stolen” just like the CLICO Forensic report, the FBI report and the many documents that he miraculously seem to lose. Even the 10, 000 civil servants to be fired can’t save his sorry ass.

.@ Fractured BLP | January 10, 2013 at 10:05 AM |
“Ms. Mary Redman and her fellow instigators have been CORNERED and QUARTERED by their own folly.”

It serves Mary and her stupid sheep right to receive the current arrogant dismissal treatment from the government and criticisms from the public the BSTU is getting

What is mary mary quite contrary expecting when the BSTU retains shallow hal as its chief legal advisor who is the bosom buddy of Fumble. Do you believe Fractured Brain Less Pimp, that naïve mary and the BSTU would have acted on “their own folly” without it being informed by legal advice? Poor mary has been lead down the garden path by a shallow galloping mule leaving her poor lame lambs in the Ax sheep pen.

Were you, mary, mary, expecting Fumble to honour his commitments he made to you. He just used you mary like a simple street girl dressed in red and now abusing you the same thing he is doing to June Fowler by promising to pay back to the CLICO policyholders at least the principal amount of their investments.

So miller what is your point .mary got her objective that was the removal of broomes.however the govt took it step further which resulted in legal wrangling and interpretations of LAW questions which is the BSTU “right” to ask in seeking reslove. why haven,t you see it fit to question MIA stance on the outcome and OSA deafeaning response.after all the PM did set a path to clean up what was once a BLP fiasco left behind for ten years

@ David | January 10, 2013 at 12:08 PM |

Let us see how Lime is tackled and Sir Roy put in his place like Mary.
Would that be too political too?
BTW, who are the lawyers for Lime and BWU?

@Prodcal

r u the son without the talent? I believe ur r.

@ To The Point | January 10, 2013 at 12:30 PM

Why don’t you use your inside contacts to tell both Trottie and Fumble to stop playing the ass with this country’s fragile economy?
If Fumble doesn’t haul The old Duke of Roy over the coals and stop him in his stupid Mary Redman-like tracks instead of Trottie shutting down the country the cruise ships and airplanes will be told that Barbados is closed for business until there is a new government in place.

Alex McDonald is only carrying out his UK bosses instructions. He will be fired later in the year after being used to achieve C&W objectives; that is, get the East Caribbean operations ready for sale or to be completely and directly managed from Jamaica.

@David

Mary had an opportunity to walk aawy with a cane, but her recaltricance caused her to end up like a wounded soldier. When it was announced that Broomes et al were being transferred, she could have sized the opportunity and calim victory for the tranfer of broomes, rather than do that, she challenged the legitam of the trnafers for her members even any doo do bird would have known that she was talking foolishness.

Look how she looks now, like a lamb to the slaughter and she wont get much support expecially in these hard economic times where people can not afford to have reduced salaries. If i were working at the cCPO’s office I will not allow them one day more than the 21 days sick leave. They wont get an extension and any excess will come from their salaries. Hit them intheir pockets. look I have nuff family that are teachers and if the foolishly support BSTU, i still support their reduction in pay.

Go teach the people children, u dont emply your self. it is an affront to the GG to blatanly challeng his power to tranfer.