The Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) and management of Massy Distribution are one step closer to finding a resolution to the grievances which led to employees downing tools yesterday.
That is according to BWU general secretary Senator Toni Moore, who says she expects the issues confronting workers to be ironed out in a meeting next Monday.
Scores of workers walked off the job on Tuesday following a breakdown in talks with the company’s management over salary negotiations and unsatisfactory working conditions.
The employees claim they are being made to work in hot conditions in the warehouse, which they say is in dire need of industrial cleaning.
In a press release issued this afternoon, Moore told members of the media that the union had been successful in arranging a meeting with senior management of Massy Distribution.
She described today’s five-hour meeting as “productive”.
“Following a work stoppage yesterday the Barbados Workers’ Union and management from Massy Distribution met today in a meeting that commenced around 9:30 a.m. and concluded just before 3 p.m.
“The meeting sought to address the concerns that led to the stoppage yesterday. During that meeting we were able to have a very open and frank discussion around the undercurrents that led to the workers’ actions yesterday,” Moore revealed.
“But beyond that, we got the opportunity to examine where the meeting broke down yesterday and we had a very productive exercise in trying to bring closure to the points of difference.”
The general secretary said she was hopeful that an agreement would be reached at that next meeting scheduled for next week Monday when she hoped other outstanding areas could be concluded.
“The discussions were very cordial and constructive and therefore we anticipate that we should be able to close off all outstanding areas in that meeting,” Senator Moore said.
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It’s a pity that no many people are interested in the positions taken by the BWU because they have lost confidence in its leader.
Yeah they are talking about how to further oppress poor people..
Have YOU ,SAGA BOY ,lost confidence in YOUR LEADER too? that should be of more importance to YOU instead of MALICIOUSING in the peoples’ bizness.
The MASSES LOST confidence in YOUR CROOKED DEMOCRATIC LABOR PARTY LAST YEAR,since then, they are on the OUTSIDE looking in…a HOMELESS Political Party…not even a SEAT in the HOUSE of PARLIAMENT.
People are also losing interest in the BLP leadership. They said the DLP could not tax their way out of recession but apparently they can. They said the DLP cabinet was too big but they made it bigger. They said Barbados was on the brink of financial disaster but they employed high paying consultants including white oaks and are paying them 7 times more than debt consultants were paid by Greece. They say we were broke but still forgive the debts of companies who could pay outstanding VAT and NIS just because she wanted to allow her father to get away from paying millions he owed. They criticized the amount of traveling the DLP was doing yet the PM is on a plane every couple weeks. People are fed up. Even BLP supporters are fed up. How many chair persons and board members have resigned in less than a year based on principled or crooked actions they took?
They also promised us integrity legislation but don’t seem to be in a hurry to do so. They are afraid that their crooked deeds of the past will return to bite them. Let the BLP speak about high fees for a badly negotiated four seasons project that involved senior BLP leaders; Edutech where the cousin of a senior BLP leader was given a strategic job, the dump that will never be opened, the golden shower, hardwood and Clyde, money received and allegedly pocketed for a st.michael school, the prison etc. read the auditor general reports prior to 2008. The pot cannot call the kettle black.
Dem in bed together nothing will come out of this
Thumbs up Saga Boy!!…..Let him have it. He truly believes that the BLP hands are clean and holy and they did no wrong.
Not to worry Harry, just now they will be a stronger opposition headed by one of yours and what goes up must come down.