- 2 June, 2025
WHAT IS LABOUR CELEBRATING?
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley says there is no poverty in the land because a reggae concert was sold out.
GOVT SET UP OWTU AGAIN
THE Government is playing the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) for the third time on the purchase of Petrotrin.
The Government is in an advanced stage of negotiations with a foreign-owned energy corporation to take over the Pointe-a-Pierre operations that have been mothballed since November 2018.
LABOUR’S CURIOUS SILENCE
AT the time of writing, the labour sector had not issued a commentary on the passing of Basdeo Panday, one of the country’s longest-serving and transformative trade union leaders.
DOES OWTU STILL HAVE POLITICAL CLOUT?
OILFIELDS Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), once the most militant labour body in the region, has returned to the political arena in a big way.
Legal action against teachers…
THE Government’s late-night legal action to block teachers from boycotting classes over their pay row is a throwback to the draconian Public Order Act of 50 years ago.
UNIONS’ DIFFERENT STANCE ON SCHOOLS’ REOPENING
TTUTA has been insisting on strict guidelines for in-person studies.
BUT wants face-to-face teaching.
After a standoff, the T&T body held talks with the Ministry of Education, following which there was consensus on guidelines for the reopening of classes.
