OWTU blanks Labour march

THE Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) will not be part of the trade union movement mass demonstration planned for later this month in Port of Spain.

This, according to president general Ancel Roget, who said members would instead be engaged in preparations for upcoming negotiations.

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In a media interview at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) on Tuesday for the public viewing of late calypso icon The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco), Roget said for the trade union demonstration on October 30, Roget said it was the OWTU’s right not to attend.