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By Orville Williams orville.williams@antiguaobserver.com Prime Minister Gaston Browne has urged the country’s workforce against taking industrial action over public sector negotiations, calling the move potentially “self-defeating”. “I ask our workers to be reasonable. I ask you to engage us constructively, because we’re not taking the position that we’re not giving…
Unions representing bank employees and transport workers set a 24-hour general strike for April 25 over plans to raise retirement age while defense workers in Illinois picketed the Rock Island Arsenal.
As teachers prepare to head back into the classrooms for the first full week after the Easter break, Prime Minister Gaston Browne shared his views on government workers taking industrial action. “…They are becoming reckless with their demands and if this continues unabated, they could plunge the country into a…
By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com Representatives of the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) said the suspension of their industrial action was a gesture of good faith after what could be described as a difficult period for all involved. After nearly two weeks of industrial action and the virtual…
By Robert A. Emmanuel robert.emmanuel@antiguaobserver.com In the latest development in the fight between the Antigua and Barbuda Union of Teachers (A&BUT) and the government, union representatives have fervently responded to the Minister of Education over alleged comments made in the media. The Minister of Education, over the weekend, was said…