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Why are nurses being and their union being vilified for striking? Why is there now an insistence on docking salaries for striking public servants? Why was this not done in strikes last year? Why is Government not negotiating with the Unity Workers' Union? Labour attorney Michelle M. Russell discusses these issues and more in this episode of Labour Matters.
Far from backing down, nurses who are staging industrial action will be ramping up their efforts, says Head of the Unity Workers’ Union (UWU), Senator Caswell Franklyn. Additionally, they have sought legal advice, saying money was deducted after it was already lodged in their bank accounts, and some of those whose salaries were docked, had not been paid by Government for several months. Nurses have been on strike protesting poor …
Leader of Government Business in the House of Assembly, Santia Bradshaw, yesterday strongly condemned the strike action being taken by nurses who are part of the Unity Workers’ Union led by Senator Caswell Franklyn. Speaking before the Lower Chamber went on its Christmas break, Bradshaw, who is also Minister of Education, called on political leaders to do the right thing. Pointing out that this was the season of sharing, caring …
Head of the Unity Workers’ Union, Senator Caswell Franklyn, is doubling down on his decision to lead nurses on strike action, and sending a message to Government that health care providers will not “be bullied or scared off” by its decision to dock their pay for the days they withheld labour. In fact, Franklyn told the Weekend Nation that since the Prime Minister’s scathing condemnation of the strike action on …
On July 24, 2017, just two days shy of the 80th anniversary of the July 26, 1937 riots in Barbados, a nationwide protest called by trade unions and the private sector saw thousands of Barbadians marching against the then Democratic Labour Party administration.It was an unprecedented and historic display of unity between the trade union movement and the private sector. At the helm, the Barbados Private Sector Association (BPSA), the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU), the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), the Barbados Union of Teachers (BUT) and the Barbados Secondary Teachers’ Union (BST...