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Akash Sama­roo

Trade unions are ea­ger­ly an­tic­i­pat­ing the re­lease of the Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed work­ers’ agen­da, which is be­ing pro­mot­ed as the an­swer to sev­er­al long-stand­ing in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions is­sues, in­clud­ing an over re­liance on con­tract labour.

Yes­ter­day, sev­er­al unions un­der the Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM) met with Labour Min­is­ter Leroy Bap­tiste for in­tro­duc­to­ry talks. Union lead­ers who spoke af­ter the dis­cus­sions said they were sat­is­fied with the out­come.