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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...

In light of a withdrawal of labour by some nursing staff, during the next few days government will be focusing on settling the grievances with nurses while working to ensure that the health care system in Barbados is kept alive regardless. "I can

Striking nurses being represented by the Unity Workers Union (UWU) remain off the job even after meeting with Minister of Health Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic on Thursday.UWU General Secretary Senator Caswell Franklyn told Barbados TODAY that the minister listened to the concerns of the nurses who began industrial action last Saturday after nurses at the Geriatric Hospital received a memo from the hospital management the day before informing them of the commencement of weekly testing for unvaccinated employees in accordance with the Safe Zone Directive No. 2, 2021.

The island’s healthcare system was disrupted Monday as more than 100 nurses took industrial action in a stand against Government’s controversial COVID-19 Safe Zones Policy. However, Minister of Health and Wellness Lt Col Jeffrey Bostic said a memo informing nurses the policy was taking effect had been sent prematurely.The Ministry of Health announced earlier in the day that the St Philip Polyclinic in Six Roads, St Philip could only cater to persons with emergencies and those requiring dressings. Additionally, the Glebe Polyclinic in St George only accommodated emergencies, while the admin...

The Unity Workers Union’s nursing membership has withdrawn its labour from a number of health care institutions across the island over Government’s insistence in creating safe zones at most public health facilities. The industrial action could have an effect on the operations of the Geriatric Hospital, the Psychiatric Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). General secretary of Unity, Caswell Franklyn, said the nurses took action from yesterday after a …