Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has paid trib­ute to Trinidad and To­ba­go’s work­ers while reaf­firm­ing her Gov­ern­ment’s com­mit­ment to pro­tect­ing labour rights and ex­pand­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for work­ing peo­ple.

Speak­ing in Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day, ahead of to­day’s Labour Day hol­i­day, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the coun­try’s de­vel­op­ment has been built on the sac­ri­fices of gen­er­a­tions of work­ers.

“As Trinidad and To­ba­go com­mem­o­rates Labour Day, we ho­n­our the gen­er­a­tions of work­ing men and women whose toil, sac­ri­fice and de­ter­mi­na­tion built the na­tion we proud­ly call home,” the Prime Min­is­ter said.