ABWU exec calls for laws against worker exploitation The Deputy General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU), Chester Hughes, who was speaking during the union’s virtual Labour Day ceremony. Spread the love The Deputy General Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) has made a strident call for the government to enact legislation to protect workers from exploitation. “We need legislation; severance legislation, unemployment legislation, to protect us from exploitation,” Chester Hughes said during the union’s Labour Day ceremony on Monday morning. He said workers are facing challenges that they have never seen or experienced before in the workplace, adding that the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic has been used as an excuse for businesses to mistreat employees.