RELATIONS BETWEEN the labour movement and Government seem to be deteriorating.
On the eve of the largest planned strike here for nearly three decades, the trade union movement has dug in its heels on the need to send Government a clear, loud message that it was no longer going to tolerate being treated with disrespect.
What’s more, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) has warned department heads not to violate the rights of workers by seeking to stop them from participating in tomorrow’s march, and has threatened to take appropriate action against those who do so.
At the same time, two key Government ministers said the planned national action to protest the forced retirement of 13 Barbados Investment and Development Corporation aged 60 years old and over, was unnecessary and would not achieve its desired goals. (SP)
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