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For some time I have been hearing a person on social media proclaiming that Barbados does not have a constitution. Normally, I would listen in amusement and take it for the comic relief that it provided but now it is no longer funny.
The rubber is going to meet the road for labour unions in Barbados as negotiations intensify for a new collective wage agreement for public officers in Barbados. The island’s largest representative of civil servants is the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), while a lesser number of state workers is represented by the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU). Of course, the upstart
It would be "too premature" for the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) to say how many members, who are employed at the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA), if any, are opting to be represented by the Unity Workers Union (UWU). Deputy General
If there was ever a time when workers needed to have strong representation, it is now.The challenges confronting the employed after two years of a pandemic and now in a period of economic flux, rising inflation, and uncertainty spawned by geopolitical events, make for a troubling time for workers.And so, it was regretful to witness the ongoing rift between the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) which spilled out in a most awkward way on May Day.The BWU, had a show of force at its event in the National Botanical Gardens...
General secretary of the Unity Workers Union, Caswell Franklyn, is claiming that Government has included “safe zones” in the recently published Emergency Management (COVID-19) (No.4) Directive, 2022. Under Section 18 of the Emergency Management (COVID-19) Order, 2022, which came into effect last Thursday and expires on April 7, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley may, on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer, issue a directive designating any area, business or …