From lob­by­ing for work­ers’ rights to lob­by­ing with the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), the Oil­field Work­ers' Trade Union (OW­TU) has of­fi­cial­ly un­veiled its con­tri­bu­tion to the coali­tion of in­ter­ests, by yes­ter­day sub­mit­ting two of its mem­bers for screen­ing un­der the UNC ban­ner.

For­mer sec­re­tary gen­er­al of the Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Work­ers’ Union (CWU) Clyder El­der was screened for the La Brea con­stituen­cy and for­mer Trin­mar branch pres­i­dent, now vice pres­i­dent of OW­TU, Ernesto Ke­sar, was screened for Point Fortin.

OW­TU rep­re­sen­ta­tives told Guardian Me­dia that they were both the sole nom­i­nees to be screened for those con­stituen­cies. Af­ter the process was com­plet­ed last evening, El­der said both he and Ke­sar were con­fi­dent they would be se­lect­ed as can­di­dates for the seats.