The labour move­ment is in­ten­si­fy­ing its calls for the re­moval of In­dus­tri­al Court Judge Lar­ry Achong, ac­cus­ing him of bias and mis­con­duct. Labour lead­ers say Achong com­pro­mis­es the cred­i­bil­i­ty and fair­ness of Trinidad and To­ba­go’s in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions sys­tem.

Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM) pres­i­dent An­cel Ro­get and Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (NATUC) pres­i­dent Michael An­nisette yes­ter­day strong­ly con­demned the re­cent ex­ten­sion of Achong’s tenure, call­ing it “a slap in the face” to work­ers and trade unions across the coun­try.

The union lead­ers ex­pressed their dis­ap­point­ment at the move dur­ing a news con­fer­ence out­side Pres­i­dent’s House, St Ann’s.