BWU withdraws from CTUSAB

The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) has seceded from the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) and therefore no longer has a voice among the social partnership.
In an interview today after the launch of the May Day celebrations at Solidarity House, Harmony Hall, St Michael, BWU general secretary Sir Roy Trotman showed correspondence between the union, the Ministry of Labour and CTUSAB chronicling the deteriorating relationship between the entities, ending with two letters – dated Thursday – informing the ministry and CTUSAB they were no longer a member of the latter body.
Sir Roy outlined a number of reasons why this decision had been made. He noted one of them included moves to prevent the BWU from representing Barbados at the International Labour Organization session in Geneva, Switzerland in June.
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