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Minister of Labour Stephen McClashie. - Sureash Cholai
MINISTER of Labour Stephen McClashie said plans to assist retrenched Yara Trinidad Ltd workers will be discussed at a meeting on Saturday.
On November 18, Yara issued retrenchment notices to 15 workers which will take effect from January 2.
The Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) has been calling on the Labour Ministry to intervene. It also wrote a letter to McClashie on December 21, which he said he had received.
Speaking with Newsday on Thursday morning, McClashie said the ministry is working on it.
“We are progressing. We have taken note of all the issues and, without saying anything much more to prejudice the discussions we would have had, I would say we are on top of it. We have been dealing with it in terms of talking to the parties and steps for that meeting.”
Ex-Lennox Petroleum workers protest at CEO’s house again
Saturday 26 December 2020
Ex-Lennox Petroleum workers explain their vexation to officer s, outside the premise of Wayne Persad s home on Christmas day. - CHEQUANA WHEELER
ONCE again, ex-Lennox Petroleum Services Ltd workers have staged a protest at the front of the home of the company’s CEO in Sumadh Gardens, Vistabella. They also did this last week.
Over the past month, these former employees have held protests over the company’s alleged refusal to pay over 300 people a total of US$9.6 million. The company has since called these statements “factually untrue,” and said a labour dispute litigation process is going on in the courts.
Lennox Petroleum protest resumes in San Fernando
Thursday 17 December 2020
OWTU chief labour relations officer Lindon Mendoza spoke with press on behalf of ex-Lennox petroleum workers who staged a protest at a carpark of the company s Princess Margret Street, San Fernando office last Thursday. - Marvin Hamilton
The management of Lennox Petroleum Services Ltd (LPSL) has called on former workers to immediately cease and desist their ongoing protests, which the company considers illegal.
The call came on Thursday, when ex-workers simultaneously staged their latest protest outside LPSL at Princess Margaret Street in San Fernando from 10 am.
For the past few weeks, the ex-workers, who are members of the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), have been accusing LPSL of failing to pay outstanding payments.
[UPDATED] OWTU: NP explosion was preventable
Monday 14 December 2020
NP employees wait at a muster point on the northern side of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway after fuel storage tank exploded at the NP compound in Sea Lots injuring two workers on Friday. On Saturday, NP reported one employee is in ICU but stable and the other was discharged. PHOTO BY ROGER JACOB -
The Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has accused National Petroleum (NP) of covering up details of what led to Friday’s explosion at its Port of Spain compound.
In a press conference on Monday morning, OWTU president general Ancel Roget told the media the explosion could have been avoided if proper health and safety policies had been developed.