Beckles: Unions welcomed for votes, condemned for protesting

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of hypocrisy for con­demn­ing protest­ing trade unions af­ter bring­ing unions and oth­er groups un­der the UNC’s po­lit­i­cal um­brel­la to help win an elec­tion.

In a state­ment, Beck­les point­ed to Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s launch of the Coali­tion of In­ter­ests, ques­tion­ing why or­gan­i­sa­tions pre­vi­ous­ly wel­comed by the UNC were now be­ing ac­cused of po­lit­i­cal and racial ha­tred for de­mand­ing ac­count­abil­i­ty.

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“The same unions that were wel­comed when they served the UNC’s po­lit­i­cal in­ter­ests are now be­ing con­demned when they de­mand ac­count­abil­i­ty,” Beck­les said.