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Trade unionist Caswell Franklyn is accusing the Labour Department of turning away people seeking to register claims for unfair dismissal, putting their Employment Rights Tribunal case in jeopardy because there is a time limit for filing. However, Chief Labour Officer Claudette Hope-Greenidge says that is not the case. Franklyn told the Nation team that in recent weeks he sent several workers who have been dismissed to the Labour Department to …
In any other democracy, the minister would have taken responsibility for the “debacle” at Springer Memorial Secondary School. And after participating in a protest march from Kensington Oval through The City to Independence Square on Saturday to highlight ongoing issues in Barbados, head of the Unity Workers’ Union (UWU), Caswell Franklyn, said the minister must be held to account. “What happened at Springer [Memorial School] was complete stupidity and … …
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Two labour organisations are opposing the historic May Day Declaration of Mission Barbados saying they had no input in the document which was signed off by other major labour industry stakeholders.While the Unity Workers’ Union, headed by Caswell Franklyn, deemed it a “public relations” document that “sounds good” on paper, General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) Dennis De Peiza said the way in which the document was established was “disrespectful”.On Monday during the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) May Day celebrations at th...
Veteran trade unionist Caswell Franklyn expects to see more public servants taking the bold step to run for political office in the future given the recent High Court ruling regarding the unconstitutionality of prohibiting public officers from engaging in active politics.He believes there is a possibility that Parliament could move to restrict specific categories of public servants from running for political office, however.“And that is only sensible because you cannot have a permanent secretary, a commissioner of police, or the people who write speeches for ministers running for political o...