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Following is a statement from Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley on the passing of Leroy Sisnett.
“I am indeed saddened tonight to learn of the passing of party stalwart, friend and former Member of Parliament for the constituency I now represent, Leroy Laurisford Sisnett, at the age of 79.
“Leroy was indeed a national personality, with a voice that for decades was synonymous with the very best of Bajan radio and the title, “Sweet Boy Leroy”, that went with him from the roads and villages of St Michael North East to the august chamber of the House of Assembly.
by Bajan Reporter / December 28th, 2020
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“I am indeed saddened tonight to learn of the passing of party stalwart, friend and former Member of Parliament for the constituency I now represent,
Leroy Laurisford Sisnett, at the age of 79.
“Leroy was indeed a national personality, with a voice that for decades was synonymous with the very best of Bajan radio and the title, “
Sweet Boy Leroy“, that went with him from the roads and villages of St Michael North East to the august chamber of the House of Assembly.
“Leroy, at the age of 35, was among the corps of young Barbados Labour Party candidates who rode the victorious political wave with JMGM ‘Tom’ Adams to defeat Errol Barrow and the Democratic Labour Party in 1976. He successfully defended that seat in the 1981 General Election but lost five years later. During the Adams Administration he served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism.
PM Mottley pays tribute to former MP Leroy Sisnett
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Former Member of Parliament and Barbados Labour Party politician Leroy Sisnett has passed away. Prime Minister Mia Mottley this evening described Mr Sisnett as a ” national personality”.
Below is the full text of her statement:
I am indeed saddened tonight to learn of the passing of party stalwart, friend and former Member of Parliament for the constituency I now represent, Leroy Laurisford Sisnett, at the age of 79.
Leroy was indeed a national personality, with a voice that for decades was synonymous with the very best of Bajan radio and the title,
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UNITED COMMERCIAL AUTOWORKS LIMITED (UCAL) is hanging on only “by the grace of God”, as it is owed millions of dollars and should have already closed its doors.
This was revealed by general secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union, Toni Moore, who said Government was one of the principal debtors.
“Government has not paid all of its debts owed to UCAL, more than $20 million. Over time, Government reneged on commitments made to UCAL . . . . [It] saw UCAL as an organisation it could pay when it remembered to or when it felt like, so UCAL has not been a success story . . . and will continue to face threats,” she said while a guest on Starcom Network’s Brass Tacks Sunday call-in programme over the weekend.
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THE DOOR has not been closed on an eventual reunion of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB).
The BWU seceded CTUSAB in 2013, with then general secretary Sir Roy Trotman outlining several reasons why the decision was made, one notably being what he said was a move to prevent the BWU from representing Barbados at the International Labour Organisation session in Geneva, Switzerland.
Moore said she did not want to rehash the “ugly stuff” of the past but acknowledged unions were at their strongest as one.