Business
LIAT workers get stay of termination
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The ongoing discussions between representatives of Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), the unions and the Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Labor has proved a saving grace for the 25 LIAT workers who should have been on the breadline this week.
Mediator in the dispute, Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Labor Dr Errol Cort, has told Antigua media that it was agreed that the terminations would be deferred to allow for further dialogue.
At the heart of the dispute, over which hangs the cloud of a region-wide disruption of intra-Caribbean travel through threatened industrial action, is the firing of those LIAT workers as a result of the regional airline’s decision to outsource its Quikpak & Cargo Operations in Antigua.