est. 2007

Barbados Underground

Bringing News and Opinions to the People

Barbados Workers Union Has Become Irrelevant

Submitted by Philip Skeete I should be grateful if you [BU]  would get in touch with Sir Roy and tell him that a strike by the members of the BWU will not cripple LIME operations in 2013. All Sir Roy will be doing is crippling the Barbados economy. LIME’s survival depends on people using cell…

, , , , , , , , ,
Submitted by Philip Skeete
Sir Roy Trotman
Sir Roy Trotman

I should be grateful if you [BU]  would get in touch with Sir Roy and tell him that a strike by the members of the BWU will not cripple LIME operations in 2013. All Sir Roy will be doing is crippling the Barbados economy. LIME’s survival depends on people using cell phones. While the workers  are on strike, their idle fingers will be sending text messages to friends and family. Tops-up will be the order of the day.

Pointless boasting that the Union successfully took strike action for 3 weeks against the Telephone Company 31 years ago. Those were the days when radio telephone operators connected people  worldwide.Now every home in Barbados has a MagicJack [Skype] and while they are on strike, they will be giving their friends and family a blow by blow commentary on what is going on.

Those were the days when newspapers had to wait hours for Reuters and Associated Press stories. Today, MCTV, Direct TV and Satellite receivers mounted on top of  news media houses provide them with data before Reuters or Associated Press can get  it right. Remember the 9/11 attacks? FOX News and CNN brought the news into the homes of Barbadians. They didn’t have to wait till the following day like back in 1981 (Bartel strike) to get the news. Every day youngsters watch European football on MCTV or on satellite TV at bars all over Barbados. LIME doesn’t provide these services. Nobody is waiting for an operator to answer the phone at LIME to send a telegram to friends and family overseas, Sir Roy. MagicJack is there for that purpose.

Karib Cable, TeleBarbados and Digicel are there to provide back-up communications for cellphone contacts overseas. Nobody is waiting for the Transport Board to transport their children to and from school. The ZR and Minibus operators will clap their hands. They wouldn’t have to break the laws of Barbados to get a load for the days on which he calls out the Transport Board workers. It is time that Mr. Trotman ponders on these things and don’t make the silly mistakes which he made during the past decade of threatening Sandy Lane, Royal Shoppe, Almond Beach and others with strikes. Has he closed down these operations?

Ask Mr. Trotman if he remembers the days when the Trades Union Congress of England threatened to shut down Ford Motors, the Fleet Street newspapers, bus and railway transportation weekly? Gone are those days. Trade Unions worldwide are redefining themselves. Read the overseas paper Sir Roy. The largest  Trade Union ‘UNITE’ in the U.K has started a community membership programme which allows people, not necessarily union members , access to UNITE’s legal help-line, debt counselling  and assistance in claiming benefits. Volunteers are asked to contribute 50p per week to help with the programme. This came about because of the massive redundancies in Britain.

Mr. Trotman, you and your policies have become irrelevant  in the 21st century. Ask for help from the young IR experts who are frustrating you sitting opposite you at the negotiations tables

139 responses to “Barbados Workers Union Has Become Irrelevant”

  1. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    Dear David (not BU):

    Here is a really simple answer.

    He doesn’t

  2. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    St George’s Dragon | January 13, 2013 at 8:35 PM

    That would suit your class just fine.

  3. David (not BU) Avatar
    David (not BU)

    i can’t see no good out come from the BWU following on their plan. the businesses around Barbaods have made it clear, it will not be good.

    how could the PM stand on the sideline and let this happen? or maybe the plan is to jump in at the last moment and save the day, in which case one would have to ask if this was the plan all along?

    i really don’t know now. this makes no sense?

  4. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    OFFTOPIC
    Democratic Labour Party

    Official opening of the St. Michael South East Branch office
    16 Jan. 2012 at 7.00pm

    #13 Marsden Road, Pinelands

    Speeches by candidate Patrick Tannis
    Former candidate Undene Whittaker
    Outgoing MP Hon. Hamilton Lashley
    Minister of Tourism and MP for St. Michael South Central Hon. Richard Sealy and
    Party Leader and Prime Minister Hon. Freundel Stuart Q.C., MP

  5. Observing(...) Avatar
    Observing(…)

    @miller
    report due Tuesday (Business Authority).

  6. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    Letter: Savage the people, says the Gleaner

    Dear Sir:

    For the longest while, the Gleaner, through its editorials, has been pushing extremely hard for the government of Jamaica (JLP or PNP) to savage the public sector, to borrow a term coined by Edward Seaga to describe what must be done

    For the Gleaner, anything the IMF wants the IMF gets. The IMF wants pension reform, tax reform and public sector reform, as the core of the savaging about to take place. The Gleaner is solidly on board with this.

    In the midst of a debt crisis (worse than Greece’s) not to mention inadequate government revenues, it is hard to understand how the government or the IMF could justify such a tax reduction for this media conglomerate, among others, already making enormous profits.

    The Gleaner, like the rest of the private sector, especially in the persons of Chris Zacca (president of the PSOJ) and Brian Pengelley (head of the JCC), is pushing for the IMF agreement to be completed as soon as possible because of all the goodies they stand to gain

    The Gleaner conveniently chooses not to deal with the alternative — debt default — because it doesn’t suit its interests. But it has addressed the issue before

    Read the entire letter here:-
    http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-Letter%3A-Savage-the-people%2C-says-the-Gleaner-14102.html

  7. DR. THE HONOURABLE Avatar
    DR. THE HONOURABLE

    TIME IS UP FREUNDEL

    WAKE UP FREUNDEL

    YOU GONE BACK TO SLEEP
    YOU WOKE UP AND TALKED
    AND NOW YOU GONE BACK TO SLEEP.

    Hon Freundel Stuart seemed to be asleep in truth. He woke up and went to the Bathroom probably sleep walked his way through the talk and went to sleep. He does not know what time , it is. IT IS TIME FREUNDEL

  8. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Stop given these complete nincompoops elaborate titles, in the days when there was no such crap and they could not drive Mercedes, they at least pretended to care about the people cause they themselves were suffering. Now they are all brain dead and self-serving.

  9. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    miller,
    Let’s wait and see if the Governor will indeed deliver his report on Tuesday. I read somewhere that if the date for elections has been announced, the Governor by law cannot deliver the report.

    Did you notice that last week the Minister of Labour had to come out and deny that the DLP has not asked the officials of the Statistical Department to doctor the unemployment figures!

    Passing strange………..who challenged the
    figures? It is strange that with so many persons going home daily, the unemployment rate goes down. ICBL has been sending home workers, the offshore banks have been laying off, the stores have been laying off, the hotels have been laying off, how the hell the unemployment rate could go down two points?

    I wonder, I wonder!

  10. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    miller,
    Donville Inniss made me laugh this morning. Mia was right, he wants to be the clown of this Parliament. He was very critical of the BLP not going to Parliament tomorrow.

    Where was Donville when in 2007, his former leader walked out of Parliament with his troops behind him telling OSA, call the damn election. When the then leader was criticised, he said if you dont like what’s going on, take up your ball and leave. I well remember Ronald Jones supporting the dead king using a football analogy!

    Talk about hypocrisy, the DLP takes the cake. At that time, the now dead king told OSA that he was like a cartoon of stale milk, past its sell by date. Well, we lived to see what life brings,eh?

  11. David Avatar
    David

    Listening to Sir Roy in a news clip this morning he seems to be suggesting that LIME promised to pay the severed workers an agreed severance but changed their position for some of the displaced workers. The fact they all were paid about the legal requirement is not the issue. Why would LIME depart from an agreement which one must assume was minuted.

  12. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Prodigal Son, Jones probably don’t even remember that, so immersed in thinking of what secondary school he attended. Now there is a guy??? with an enormous chip on his shoulder and who should never, ever been allowed to assume the role of min of ed.

  13. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    As for Donville, he better be careful his arrogance don’t see him one day walking bim in slippers, now he has a disgusting and slimy attitude.

  14. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    prodigal son

    what difference a boycott is going to make?

    SEETHRU was boycotting parliament from 2008. Less than 24 hours spent in parliament since 2008 yet drawing a HUGE SALARY for pretending to work.

    When MIA was in parliament as opposition leader carrying the fight to the DLP, he was at the UWI in his air conditioned office holding a press conference telling Barbados how nasty she is.

    You forget already?

  15. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    How many sessions did the king attend as PM?

  16. Onya Jones Avatar
    Onya Jones

    I want to know why BUT sent out this notice?
    From: Adrian Blackman
    Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:54:13 -0400
    Subject: Barbados Union of Teachers’ (Stewards Body)
    To: Adrian Blackman , andrea.puckering@yahoo.com

    Dear Colleagues

    The Barbados Union of Teachers is seeking to update its database of
    Stewards nationally. As a result, we would appreciate your assistance with
    the following information:

    1. Are you still present at the school listed below?
    2. Are you a trained or an untrained *steward*?
    3. How many stewards are there presently at your school?

    *N.B.*
    ** If there are any stewards that are missing from the below list
    please notify of such in your response to this email.*
    ** This information is needed ASAP.*
    *
    *
    Ainsley Lovell Alleyne School*
    *
    Inez P Hunte Arthur Smith Primary
    Rachael Hall-Payne Ch.Ch. Foundation
    Carl Bascombe Ch.Ch. Foundation
    Yvette Simmons. Jemmot Ch.Ch Foundation
    Gerald Phillips Combermere
    Anthony Alleyne Deighton Griffith
    Ruth Cumberbatch Eden Lodge Nursery
    Trevor Daniel Ellerslie Secondary
    Lisa Greenidge Ellerton Primary
    Denise Charles Garrison Secondary
    Lana Dawe Garrison Secondary
    Shawn Clarke Garrison Secondary
    Melissa Belle Garrison Secondary
    Judith Rowe-Spooner Gordon Walters
    Rudy Lovell Grantley Adams Secondary
    Anthony Reid Grantley Adams Secondary
    Sonia Grant-Rowe Grantley Prescod
    Lemuel Tull Grazette’s Primary
    Venita Grimes Harrison College
    Winston R. Brathwaite Harrison College
    Stephan Scott Harrison College
    Surleen Clarke Lester Vaughn School
    Suzette Clarke Lester Vaughn School
    Hyacinth Chandler Lester Vaughn School
    Mycola Gill Maria Holder Nursery
    Abigail Trotman Milton Lynch Primary
    Ishmael Daniel Queen’s College
    Nigel Marshall Queens College
    Jason Griffith Springer memorial
    Collis Hope St. Bernard’s Primary
    Lydia Husbands-Browne St. Boniface
    Michelle Husbands-Browne St. Christopher
    Sonia Wickham St. Elizabeth Primary
    Joylyn Inniss St. Gabriel’s School
    Victor Hurdle St. James Secondary
    Carla McConney St. James Secondary
    Wilbert Morgan St. Lucy Secondary
    Kevin Branch Hurdle St. Stephen’s Primary
    Deborah Stoute-Burke Vauxhall Primary

  17. Tom Kones Avatar
    Tom Kones

    Why did BUT circulated this email? From: Adrian Blackman
    Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 18:54:13 -0400
    Subject: Barbados Union of Teachers’ (Stewards Body)
    To: Adrian Blackman , andrea.puckering@yahoo.com

    Dear Colleagues

    The Barbados Union of Teachers is seeking to update its database of
    Stewards nationally. As a result, we would appreciate your assistance with
    the following information:

    1. Are you still present at the school listed below?
    2. Are you a trained or an untrained *steward*?
    3. How many stewards are there presently at your school?

    *N.B.*
    ** If there are any stewards that are missing from the below list
    please notify of such in your response to this email.*
    ** This information is needed ASAP.*
    *
    *
    Ainsley Lovell Alleyne School*
    *
    Inez P Hunte Arthur Smith Primary
    Rachael Hall-Payne Ch.Ch. Foundation
    Carl Bascombe Ch.Ch. Foundation
    Yvette Simmons. Jemmot Ch.Ch Foundation
    Gerald Phillips Combermere
    Anthony Alleyne Deighton Griffith
    Ruth Cumberbatch Eden Lodge Nursery
    Trevor Daniel Ellerslie Secondary
    Lisa Greenidge Ellerton Primary
    Denise Charles Garrison Secondary
    Lana Dawe Garrison Secondary
    Shawn Clarke Garrison Secondary
    Melissa Belle Garrison Secondary
    Judith Rowe-Spooner Gordon Walters
    Rudy Lovell Grantley Adams Secondary
    Anthony Reid Grantley Adams Secondary
    Sonia Grant-Rowe Grantley Prescod
    Lemuel Tull Grazette’s Primary
    Venita Grimes Harrison College
    Winston R. Brathwaite Harrison College
    Stephan Scott Harrison College
    Surleen Clarke Lester Vaughn School
    Suzette Clarke Lester Vaughn School
    Hyacinth Chandler Lester Vaughn School
    Mycola Gill Maria Holder Nursery
    Abigail Trotman Milton Lynch Primary
    Ishmael Daniel Queen’s College
    Nigel Marshall Queens College
    Jason Griffith Springer memorial
    Collis Hope St. Bernard’s Primary
    Lydia Husbands-Browne St. Boniface
    Michelle Husbands-Browne St. Christopher
    Sonia Wickham St. Elizabeth Primary
    Joylyn Inniss St. Gabriel’s School
    Victor Hurdle St. James Secondary
    Carla McConney St. James Secondary
    Wilbert Morgan St. Lucy Secondary
    Kevin Branch Hurdle St. Stephen’s Primary
    Deborah Stoute-Burke Vauxhall Primary

  18. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    prodigal son

    can you tell us which Bajan member of Parliament advice to the Michael Manly Government has the People and government of Jamaica in the hands of the IMF up to this day?

  19. Prodigal Son Avatar
    Prodigal Son

    Can you tell me which Bajan Member of Parliament owns a development with about 12 houses since he became a Minister?

  20. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    See, pot cannot call kettle black!!!

  21. Gabriel Tackle Avatar
    Gabriel Tackle

    @Caswell 7.08p Jan 13
    …the union is a democracy.Neither the BWU nor the DLP have proved that they observe democratic practices.Sir Frank was “president for life” when a young turk Lawrence Nurse challenged both that thinking and the incumbent
    he was forced to find other employment outside the BWU.
    When a certain wet- behind -the ears young turk challenged the late ,greatEWB
    for the presidency of the DLP,he was not only forced to eat humble pie,he never ever got over that big miscalculation.
    When Freundel challenged the dead king for the presidency of the DLP,he lost and was sidelined by the dead king and his now surviving cohorts.
    Btw,Stuart is boasting that the legislation covering Asset Declaration will not only refer to the politically exposed individual but also their families,as if that negates the current hot topic that will surely surface in this political campaign and that is did the dead king leave an estate of 39 million and to whom;where did that 39 million come from?Clico?And who are the intended beneficiaries?
    This Asset Declaration will prove a two edged sword.Meanwhile why is the Probated Will of the dead king being withheld from public scrutiny?Is is true that the document is carried around by a high level public servant so as not to have published in the newspaper and eventually on the political platform?Did you say democracy Caswell? If the dead king won the last election on the night he raised the supposed signed cheque to OSA,can one expect any quarter to be given when the guard changes?It will be the first order of business.

  22. E2 Avatar
    E2

    Freundel arose from his slumber just to take a pee-pee and let go a hard stinking fart. shook his tool and has returned to sleep. I hope something wakes him up so he would know he must call a General Election.

    Mia said that someone may have to hold his hands, carry him to Parliament and write the election date or make the announcement for him. Seems to be true. If this delay is a tactic of Freundel, it really has no cunning. It is simply stupid.

    Is it true six (6) containers full of red valentine’s items have entered the port bearing the slogan Love BLP. It will be a sea of red if he announces it any date close to February 14. Freundel has backed himself into a corner, he must be pissing himself in fright NOW.

  23. Enuff Avatar
    Enuff

    What is the purpose of posting the BUT email? People have no respect for privacy at all. It will stop one of these days though.

  24. David Avatar
    David

    @Enuff

    So you think the posting of the email is confidential? If the Nation newspaper had publish it (according to RPB) would you feel the same way?

  25. Waiting Avatar
    Waiting

    unthinkable in 2013. Not anymore. My ears were assaulted today by a Nazi era white man Patrick Frost shouting at the top of his voice with utter contempt to an enlected Government in a black country. This apartheid relic is ordering black teachers to strike, to disrepect their black government and break the law. Government must not cannot yield one inch to Frost the Nazi and the spiteful Redman. Its a sad day in our country when dinasour Frost remains in leadership manipulating supposedly intelligent blacks on a path to destroy the nation’s educational structure and our children.

  26. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    They like it so, like being told what to do by someone they consider white. Same old story, no mind of their own.

  27. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Hope he has jobs for them if they get fired. So many young people out their without jobs and with teaching skills. Let’s see if the government has any balls at all.

  28. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    WAS not Patrick Frost a school boy at Lodge in the 6o”s and then went on to make a contribution to the nation by teraching at his alma mater for most of his life. Is he not a Bajan despite him being white. Since when has he become a Nazi.
    Why are we so racist and full of hate?

  29. Caswell Franklyn Avatar
    Caswell Franklyn

    Gabriel Tackle

    I stand corrected. I should have said that the union is supposed to be a democracy. Mind you, nothing in this country works as it is intended. Even the Government of this country only appears to be democratic because we have copied the form from Westminster not the substance.

  30. David Avatar
    David

    @GP

    Why do you feel you have to respond to a commenter who is obviously being destructive in their comment?

  31. FED UP Avatar
    FED UP

    @Well Well
    When you understand IR, maybe you should then post something. Go learn IR101 it will serve you well.

    By the Way, Sir Roy is black and he is also leading the way for a strike that will prove times deadlier and more impactful than BSTU. What do you consider him to be? a house slave leading the cane-cutting field slaves?

    You are stick in the rut of mental slavery? Be emancipated my friend.

  32. David Avatar
    David

    This matter is now officially with PM Stuart. The threat of strike action has at this stage forced the parties to exhale for the moment.

  33. Georgie Porgie Avatar
    Georgie Porgie

    Because David, I cannot understand the behavior. I thought we had emerged from thinking in that way. I have dealt with some simple, kind white folk in Barbados, who have lots of respect for even blacks that succeed. They dont pull down folk like we do.

  34. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Fedup, I have very little sympathy for those involved in further confusing these students, who are really the ones being disenfranchised and victimized, the students are the ones whose education will suffer, by this MESS, so call it what you want but THEY SHOULD ALL GO.

  35. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    There are teachers in North America really upset about one thing or another, but they are being very careful in making sure students are not unduly put out. As much as Ronald Reagan was not a favorite of mine, someone with his guts, need to come forward.

  36. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    And I could care less about Frost or Trotman, they just making things worse.

  37. FED UP Avatar
    FED UP

    @Well Well
    You strike me as the type of person who would know someone is sexually abusing your son or daughter and keep quiet because you are getting money to pay bills.

    Again, go and read Industrial Relations 101…please do so, I plead and beg. become a little more enlightened before you post things. gosh man

  38. Caswell Franklyn Avatar
    Caswell Franklyn

    David

    This nonsense about calling in the Prime Minister to resolve an industrial relations dispute is an example of Sir Leroy polluting the processes for political gain, and misleading the entire country in the process. Arthur and Trotman popularised this new method of industrial relations and in the process, they have misled the country even trained practitioners.

    Under the laws of Barbados the Governor-Governor is at the apex of the industrial disputes mechanism. Trotman is a politician and he used this process to build his friend Owen Arthur’s reputation. If there is a dispute, either side can refer the matter to the Governor-General who would enquire of the other side if they consent to the GG’s intervention. If both sides agree, the GG would then set up an arbitration panel whose determination would be binding on both parties. The PM should point the disputing parties in that direction and get to hell out of matters that do not concern him. He is being led into a trap.

    I am not making this up as I go along: this procedure can be found in the Trade Disputes (Arbitration and Enquiry) Act, Chapter 360 of the Laws of Barbados. Tell the petulant Sir Leroy to use the laws and don’t invent procedures.

    Sent from my iPad

  39. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Fedup, you are wasting your time, unlike you i do not feel sorry for white people or stupid black people. You are the one with the psychological grey area. It is a matter of principle, you do not disrupt the learning process for children. You are obviously enjoying seeing everyone mixing it up to the detriment of students.

  40. Well Well Avatar
    Well Well

    Apparently fedup know nothing of these ADR rules.

  41. islandgal246 Avatar
    islandgal246

    Well Well please take a break you are crowding this blog with your multiple postings. You can’t seem to be able to say anything in a paragraph or two in one post. It is not very easy to read your multiple postings. Please take a break from the computer. Go and have a shower and some supper. Please take a break you are becoming very boring and very annoying.

  42. Dear Barbadian Students Avatar
    Dear Barbadian Students

    If you are being unduly injured, you may consider joining forces and consulting a lawyer about a class action against the person(s) causing such injury. Always a first…

  43. David Avatar
    David

    @Caswell

    Is this a case of Minister of Labour Suckoo delegating upwards hence the opportunity for the PM to intervene?

  44. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    Caswell Franklyn | January 14, 2013 at 6:37 PM |

    You making sense again.

  45. Giselle Avatar
    Giselle

    Caswell
    Spot on as usual. If the Union is pursuing a matter or “rights” as the general secretary keeps referring to, let him state what rights he thinks have been infringed. He would then be obligated to defend his members’ “rights” in the appropriate manner. We have laws in B’dos that are designed to protect workers’ rights. Sir Roy, the virtual complainant has not triggered the legitimate mechanisms for the defence of these rights he says have been infringed.
    The former use of Prime Ministerial intervention is part of a perversion of a sound and well thought out system, as practised by Trotman & OSA. The GG is the official to whom parties should be turning, in conformity wih the law as long as “rights” are being trampled. Freundel should know his place & keep out of this- allow industrial relations to regain its dignity.
    Trotman tried to make an issue about McDonald’s statement about customer service. He said that McD was wrong for publicly criticising his staff & blaming the company’s poor performance on them. he intimated that management should accept the blame.

    Recently wasn’t Trotman in the Sunday Sun (December 30 2012) bitching about how a yound Deputy of his was leaving him? The young guy must have gotten tired of the smell of that rat. Wasn’t Trotman in his low-minded comments about investing in training staff doing at least the same ting he condemned McDonald for?
    Trotman Please! Go HOME & put some ointment on those sores at the corners of your mouth do!

  46. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    Gabriel Tackle | January 14, 2013 at 3:21 PM

    “why is the Probated Will of the dead king being withheld from public scrutiny?”

    Since we are pushing our big noses into other people business, answer this,

    Was the Probated will of Tom Adams ever published for public scrutiny?

    Was Tom adams death certificate made public?

    Were the divorce details of a certain BLP man ever made public?

  47. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    I am still at a loss to understand why an Island wide strike is necessary because 97 workers at 1 company were terminated.

    There has to be a better way to squeeze LIME.

  48. Carson C. Cadogan Avatar
    Carson C. Cadogan

    When all is said and done, LIME NEEDS to be taught a lesson.

    It is treating BLACK BAJANS with no respect.

  49. Hants Avatar
    Hants

    David wrote “Is this a case of Minister of Labour Suckoo delegating upwards hence the opportunity for the PM to intervene?

    The operative word is Prime.

    He has to come in and bat.

  50. Simple Simon Avatar
    Simple Simon

    @Waiting at 5:45 p.m. “My ears were assaulted today by a Nazi era white man Patrick Frost shouting at the top of his voice with utter contempt to an enlected Government in a black country. This apartheid relic is ordering black teachers to strike, to disrepect their black government and break the law. Government must not cannot yield one inch to Frost the Nazi”

    Simple Simon’s response: Your comments are uncalled for. Patrick Frost is NOT a Nazi and he is not an apartheid relic. This elected government has passed its “best by” date and has hardly any legitimacy left. Barbados’ Constitution protects the right of workers to join unions, and to strike. The teachers are not disrespecting anybody if they withdraw their labour. They have the right to do so.

Older Comments
1 2 3
Newer Comments

Leave a Reply to balanceCancel reply

Trending

Discover more from Barbados Underground

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading