Anisette calls for labour unity amid divisions over protest

Akash Sama­roo

Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (NATUC) gen­er­al sec­re­tary Michael An­nisette is call­ing on trade union lead­ers to set­tle their dif­fer­ences pri­vate­ly and present a unit­ed front in de­fence of work­ers, amid signs of di­vi­sion with­in the labour move­ment fol­low­ing Fri­day’s protest against the Gov­ern­ment.

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An­nisette’s ap­peal comes as he ac­knowl­edged that five unions, in­clud­ing three ma­jor labour or­gan­i­sa­tions, did not par­tic­i­pate in the demon­stra­tion, while dis­miss­ing crit­i­cism from fel­low trade union­ists over his de­ci­sion to march.