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* Warns union of site closings, 'even shutdown'
* Rejects BHMA claims on Christmas bonus
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
The Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise warned trade unions over one month ago it was "in absolute survival mode" and may have to close locations or "even shutdown" with revenues off 50 percent.
The fast food outlet and its operating parent, Restaurant (Bahamas) Ltd, cited COVID-19's "devastating effect" and the urgent need to make adjustments that cut expenses and conserved cash as it rejected assertions by Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, that it was acting in bad faith over plans to alter the staff's Christmas bonus.
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* Fears could 'get out of hand', 'interesting holiday'
By NEIL HARTNELL
nhartnell@tribunemedia.net
A trade union leader yesterday blasted that it was "pure disrespect" for employers not to consult over cutting contractually-agreed Christmas bonuses as industrial tensions continued to rise.
Obie Ferguson, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) president, told Tribune Business that private sector employers were now following the public sector's lead in "unilaterally varying" the terms of valid industrial agreements by seeking to either cut or not pay Christmas bonuses that are included in the terms of those deals.
Revealing that Restaurants Bahamas, the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise operator, was seeking to reduce Christmas bonuses as it seeks to reduce expenses amid COVID-19's economic devastation, Mr Ferguson said trade unions were not opposed to this but, rather, the way it was being done.
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