Angostura workers reject 4% wage offer

Pres­i­dent of the Sea­men and Wa­ter­front Work­ers' Trade Union (SWW­TU), Michael An­nisette, says work­ers of An­gos­tu­ra Ltd are firm in their de­ci­sion not to ac­cept a four per cent wage in­crease, con­tend­ing that in­dus­tri­al ac­tion is pos­si­ble if man­age­ment does not meet with them to fur­ther dis­cus­sions in a time­ly man­ner.

An­nisette led An­gos­tu­ra em­ploy­ees on a brief demon­stra­tion out­side the com­pa­ny's East­ern Main Road, Suc­cess Vil­lage, Laven­tille, com­pound yes­ter­day, where they called for high­er wages, adding that they were not af­ford­ed over­time.

Re­fer­ring to a meet­ing with man­age­ment last week, An­nisette ac­cused the com­pa­ny of be­ing "dis­re­spect­ful" as he claimed that they ad­vanced a four per cent of­fer to work­ers.