SEAMEN and Waterfront Workers Trade Union (SWWTU) President General Michael Annisette took Downtown Owners and Merchant’s Association (DOMA) president Gregory Aboud to task for what he described as an "disingenuous" attempt to throw port workers under the bus, after he complained of delays and inefficiencies at the port.

Annisete, in defence of the port workers, said inefficiencies at the port were not related to the workers themselves, but to systematic issues, such as outdated equipment, archaic policies and a refusal to invest in the port and its workers.

“When you look at our infrastructure, operational and otherwise, our outdated equipment – some of which has long gone past its life cycle, the non-implementation of the memorandum of agreement, the lack of investment in the port, how dare you now come to try to throw hot water on the port workers?