TCL to close packaging division in February
Friday 22 January 2021
In this March 2018 file photo, TCL workers marched during their lunch time outside the company’s Claxton Bay compound.
FIFTY more workers may be put on the breadline, as Trinidad Cement Ltd has given notice of its intention to permanently close its packaging division – TCL Packaging Ltd (TPL).
Chief labour relations officerof the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) Lyndon Mendoza confirmed the closure is scheduled for February 15.
He said the union was informed of this development in a letter from the company on January 21. TCL has also invited the union to a meeting to discuss the closure.
Patriotic given 15 days to prove it has $ for the refinery
Patriotic chairman Ancel Roget. -
PATRIOTIC Energies and Technologies Co Ltd has been given a second extension to prove its ability to purchase the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.
Government has acceded to a request from the company to rethink Monday’s Cabinet decision to seek another partner for the restart of the refinery. The company has been given until February 5 to do so.
Pleased for another chance, Patriotic has vowed to do all it can this time around to convince government it is indeed the best fit for the task at hand.
Haynes: Return to market for refinery partner shows contempt
File photo: Anita Haynes - Sureash Cholai
TABAQUITE MP Anita Haynes sees Cabinet’s decision to return to the open market to find a buyer for the Guaracara refinery as an act of contempt.
“Our country’s bread and butter is the energy sector, and the government’s decision to return to the open market, rather than working to ensure that one of our greatest assets remains in the hands of citizens of this nation, is their latest act of contempt towards the people of TT,” Haynes said.
At a news conference on Tuesday, both ministers of Finance and Energy Colm Imbert and Franklin Khan disclosed that Cabinet had decided on Monday to reject Patriotic’s bid for a second time and look for another operator. Patriotic has an option to put in another bid.
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Sunday 3 January 2021
Ex-Lennox Petroleum workers, led by OWTU chief labour relations officer Lindon Mendoza, protest in front the home of the company s CEO Wayne Persad at Sumadh Gardens, Vistabella on Thursday last week.
On Thursday morning, OWTU chief labour relations officer, Lindon Mendoza and ex-Lennox petroleum workers held a silent protest in front of the home of Lennox Petroleum CEO s residence, Wayne Persad, in Sumadh Gardens, Vistabella.
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The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) chief labour relations officer, Lindon Mendoza, has summed up the responses from the management of Lennox Petroleum Services Ltd (LPSL) to ongoing protests as ole talk.