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SAN FERNANDO Mayor Robert Parris has demanded action from the City Corporation's administrative arm in treating with daily paid workers' plight following a protest by the employees on May 27.

The Contractors' and General Workers' Union picketed City Hall to call for better working conditions. Among their complaints were a severe lack of necessary tools, adequate PPE and broken infrastructure at ward offices like those at Carib Street and Jamadar Street.

Speaking during a statutory meeting of the council at City Hall on May 28, Parris acknowledged the municipal body had two arms; the administrative and the political but used the weight of his seat at the head of the latter to make the plea.