Tuesday, June 16, 2026

RDC finally seeing LIFO light

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The Rural Development Commission (RDC) has finally accepted that it cannot contravene the last in, first out (LIFO) retrenchment policy.

And with that, 20 RDC workers, including four who the state-owned enterprise (SOE) attempted to ring-fence, will be going home by the end of next week.

After back-to-back meetings with management and staff at RDC’s headquarters on Bridge Street, The City, yesterday, Barbados Workers’ Union general secretary Senator Toni Moore said the union’s challenge was reviewed.

“At the conclusion of that meeting, the positions that the union honoured were observed, so those challenges were recognised and the necessary changes put in place,” she added. (AD)

 

 

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