NUGFW takes SWRHA dispute to Industrial Court after failed labour meeting

The Na­tion­al Union of Gov­ern­ment and Fed­er­at­ed Work­ers (NUGFW) is prepar­ing to take the dis­missal of 42 dai­ly-paid work­ers by the South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) to the In­dus­tri­al Court af­ter a meet­ing at the Min­istry of Labour failed to re­solve the dis­pute yes­ter­day.

NUGFW pres­i­dent-gen­er­al Christo­pher Streete said the union re­quest­ed an un­re­solved cer­tifi­cate af­ter an SWRHA rep­re­sen­ta­tive at­tend­ed the meet­ing at the min­istry’s St James Street of­fice in San Fer­nan­do but said he had no in­struc­tions on how to pro­ceed.

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Streete ex­pects the cer­tifi­cate to be is­sued this week. It will al­low the union to for­mal­ly take the mat­ter to the In­dus­tri­al Court.