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#BTEditorial - Caswell s thorn in the BWU armour

January 19, 2021 It may serve the leadership of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) well to begin paying greater attention to Senator Caswell Franklyn’s Unity Workers’ Union (UWU). From our position in the public square, it appears that there is growing confidence in the fledgling UWU, and more specifically its leader, who has shown great tenacity and dogged commitment to the ideals of protecting the ordinary worker against exploitation by this island’s employers. We would never argue that there is no place for an expanded number of trade unions. There is nothing wrong with choice. But after seven decades of stellar contributions to workers’ rights and empowerment, it is sad to witness the BWU’s apparent diminishing standing.

Pay us too!

Some health care workers are demanding that they, too, receive hazard pay as the country continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Yesterday around 11 a.m., some staff members at the Geriatric Hospital in Beckles Road, along with some nurses at the Winston Scott Polyclinic in Jemmotts Lane and the Eunice Gibson Polyclinic in Warrens, all in St Michael, walked off the job briefly calling for the same pay which …

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