Union heads challenge PM’s claims on protests

Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (NATUC) gen­er­al sec­re­tary Michael An­nisette and Steel Work­ers’ Union of T&T (SWUTT) pres­i­dent Tim­o­thy Bai­ley have re­butted Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar’s claim that unions march “on­ly” when an East In­di­an prime min­is­ter is in of­fice, point­ing out that unions have marched on is­sues through­out the tenure of all prime min­is­ters and gov­ern­ments.

“His­to­ry clear­ly shows very well-known in­for­ma­tion that unions have marched con­sis­tent­ly un­der all ad­min­is­tra­tions, in­clud­ing dur­ing the last PNM gov­ern­ment’s tenure when SWUTT even protest­ed out­side of (for­mer PM) Kei­th Row­ley’s house on two Sun­days,” Bai­ley em­pha­sised yes­ter­day.