Hilton workers anxious over proposed divestment

Hilton Trinidad work­ers have been left anx­ious and un­cer­tain about their fu­ture af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar an­nounced plans to di­vest the state-owned ho­tel, with em­ploy­ees learn­ing of the pro­posed move through news­pa­per re­ports rather than di­rect com­mu­ni­ca­tion from the Gov­ern­ment.

Three work­ers, who spoke to Guardian Me­dia on con­di­tion of anonymi­ty, ex­pressed sur­prise at Tues­day’s an­nounce­ment in To­ba­go, ques­tion­ing what the pro­posed di­vest­ment would mean for their jobs, em­ploy­ment con­di­tions and con­ti­nu­ity of ser­vice.

The work­ers said they were hop­ing that any new own­er would re­tain ex­ist­ing em­ploy­ment terms and con­di­tions and re­spect the Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Work­ers Union’s role in rep­re­sent­ing staff.