Retrenched workers protest outside TCL
Monday 22 February 2021
Retrenched workers including, (fourth from right) Nigel Ifill, Senior Operator at Packaging, Trinidad Cement Limited, held a protest at the company s carpark on Monday morning. Photos by Marvin Hamilton
Retrenched workers of Trinidad Packaging Ltd (TPL), a subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL), protested on Monday morning, calling for the immediate payments of outstanding money.
From around 8 am, a small group gathered at the front of the TCL plant at the Southern Main Road in Claxton Bay. One placard read, Sent home with no money, and another, TPL now, who next?
Speaking on behalf of the 40-plus retrenched workers, former senior operator Nigel Ifill accused the company of breaking its promise to pay off the retrenched group.
Former workers of Trinidad Packaging stage protest
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Rock Hard Cement bids to block import quota
Sunday 3 January 2021
Employee Jose Lopez throws out a bag of Rock Hard cement to mix at at Second Crossing Hardware, Bon Air Gardens, Arouca on Saturday. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE -
Cement importer, Rock Hard Cement is seeking to block the Ministry of Trade and Industry from imposing a ceiling of 75,000 tonnes of cement that could be imported in the country.
In a telephone interview with Sunday Newsday, Rock Hard’s local distributor Motilal Rahmit and Sons, managing director Ryan Ramhit said the ministry s new policy, especially increased tariffs and duties, have forced the company to close its operations for one month from Monday.