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Prime Minister Stuart Young has announced that former Petrotrin workers will have the opportunity to return to work at the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery under its incoming operator, Oando PLC. However, the Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) has dismissed this as a last-minute election promise.
Addressing a People’s National Movement (PNM) meeting at Harris Promenade, San Fernando, on Wednesday night, Young, who is also the Minister of Energy and Energy Industries, warned electors against believing United National Congress (UNC) leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her deputy David Lee, whom he accused of opposing the refinery’s reopening.
“So let me put you on notice tonight. If we want that refinery open—because let me tell you, do you know what Oando told us? Do you know who the workers for the refinery are going to be? They are not bringing in any foreign workers. It is the same workers who ran the refinery because we have negotiated for them to use the same workers,” Young said.
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