Friday 30 April 2021
WHEN WE WERE FRIENDS: FLASHBACK: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, 3rd from left, speaks with trade union leaders in this 2016 file photo when the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) was formed. The trade unions have since left the council. - FILE PHOTO
THE National Trade Union Centre (Natuc), Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and NGOS (FITUN) claimed earlier this week that the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) is dead.
They reiterated that they withdraw from NTAC last month because their participation in it was sacrilegious to the objectives of the labour movement. In a statement, on Thursday, all three groups claimed their decision was vindicated by a recent statement by Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis when she said their resignations from NTAC were accepted, thanked them for their service and the council s work continues. Robinson-Regis is the current NTAC chair.
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Robinson-Regis accepts labour resignations from NTAC
File photo: Minister of Planning and Development Camille Robinson-Regis. Photo by Ayanna Kinsale - AYANNA KINSALE
THE resignations of five labour representatives from the National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC) have been accepted by the council s chair, Planning and Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis.
A statement issued by NTAC on Thursday said that on April 20 Robinson-Regis wrote to Christopher Henry, James Lambert, Michael Annisette, Carlton Gibson and Joseph Remy. They had all resigned from NTAC on March 11.
In informing them that their resignations had been accepted, Robinson-Regis recalled for their benefit her first letter of response, dated March 16, in which the claims they made as the basis for their resignations were denied, and they were told the door was being kept open for their return to NTAC.
Trade union leaders to workers: It is time to unite to fight
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PSA president Watson Duke (center) with members of various trade unions show solidarity as they gather at the Store Bay carpark in Crown Point before the start of a motorcade on Sunday. - DAVID REID
Three of TT’s major trade unions held a motorcade throughout Tobago on Sunday, condemning what they believe is the Government’s plan to “decimate the country’s workforce.”
They also spoke out against privatisation, declining standards of living and the non-settlement of outstanding negotiations.
The motorcade, titled Unite To Fight, began at the Store Bay car park, Crown Point and ended at Gardenside, Scarborough.
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