The Steel Work­ers Union of Trinidad and To­ba­go is ques­tion­ing why it was ex­clud­ed from dis­cus­sions on the Gov­ern­ment’s agree­ment to ex­plore the restart of the for­mer iron and steel plant at Point Lisas, say­ing dis­placed work­ers de­served to be in­formed be­fore the Mem­o­ran­dum of Un­der­stand­ing (MOU) was signed.

Union pres­i­dent Tim­o­thy Bai­ley said the pro­posed re­vival of the plant could bring sig­nif­i­cant ben­e­fits to the coun­try and to hun­dreds of for­mer steel work­ers, but lament­ed that nei­ther the Gov­ern­ment nor the new own­ers shared in­for­ma­tion with the union be­fore Fri­day’s sign­ing.

“That in­for­ma­tion, while at the end of the day, if it comes to re­al­i­ty, may be in the best in­ter­est of our cit­i­zens and the coun­try, the econ­o­my, and the work­ers, the dis­placed work­ers, we are in the dark. We do not know any­thing about the com­pa­ny,” Bai­ley said.