Trade unions press ahead with October 30 march

Trade union lead­ers are now press­ing ahead with a march set for Oc­to­ber 30, warn­ing that the Gov­ern­ment’s bud­get promis­es on back­pay can­not set­tle their griev­ances over dis­placed work­ers, un­re­solved wage ne­go­ti­a­tions and em­ploy­ees still sur­viv­ing on 2013 salaries.

Sea­men and Wa­ter­front Work­ers’ Trade Union pres­i­dent Michael An­nisette warned that be­ing brand­ed a “trai­tor” or “stooge” will not si­lence him.

“All those who want to say in Cab­i­net that An­nisette is a trai­tor, An­nisette is a stooge, go ahead and say it,” he de­clared.