RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA

De­spite as­sur­ances from Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar on the eve of Labour Day that leg­is­la­tion will be in­tro­duced to strength­en pro­tec­tions for work­ers’ rights, to­day’s Labour Day march and ral­ly is ex­pect­ed to draw strong sup­port from the labour move­ment, with trade union­ists and so­cial ac­tivists us­ing the an­nu­al event to high­light a range of un­re­solved na­tion­al is­sues.

The event, themed “Ad­vanc­ing the Work­ers Agen­da,” comes amid grow­ing con­cerns among teach­ers over back pay, work­place pres­sures and what union lead­ers de­scribe as a lack of com­mu­ni­ca­tion from the Gov­ern­ment on key ed­u­ca­tion is­sues.