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Barbados Workes Union, LIME reach agreement over layoffs
Sir Roy said that the meeting had arrived at some important decisions, including an anticipated apology from LIME.
“Not like the one on Tuesday which was an apology to the process and an apology to the Minister of Labor for disrespecting her office. But this one will be, indeed has to be, an apology, to those workers who have worked for LIME and whose characters can be said to have been maligned. Some statements were made to suggest that the workers were so indifferent on their job, that the company has had to get rid of them and bring in other people,” he said.
He said those present at the meeting have reached a level of understanding that accepts that the industrial relations process “cannot be treated like a football game in somebody’s backyard”.
“I have no doubt that the Prime Minister will need to speak to the country about improved and stabilized labor management relations and what they will mean for the welfare of the country. I will have to speak to my own executive and to the membership of LIME, much more fully, before I can give much more to the press,” he said.
Sir Roy also said that the union would be holding talks with the telecommunications company regarding the future of 35 other employees. “We still have to have talks and it depends on the company, where those talks will go, so the placards are still there,” he warned. -(CMC)
