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Approximately 25 Port of Port-of-Spain workers who downed tools last week have returned to work. The matter was temporarily resolved after discussions with Seamen and Waterfront Workers’ Trade Union (SWWTU) president general Michael Annisette, who also serves as chairman of Port and Maritime Services Limited (PMSL), the company to which the workers are contracted.
Annisette confirmed that 22 to 26 PMSL employees were suspended pending an investigation for not reporting for duty last Friday. However, he stressed no one had been terminated and full operations resumed by Tuesday.
He attributed the unrest to deep-seated frustrations over stagnant wages and poor working conditions, which the workers described as “inhumane.”
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