SWWTU denies agreement reached on five-year backpay for port workers

The Sea­men and Wa­ter­front Work­ers’ Trade Union (SWW­TU) has re­ject­ed claims that an agree­ment was reached to pay Port-of-Spain port work­ers’ out­stand­ing back­pay over five years.

In a me­dia re­lease, the union said no dis­cus­sions had tak­en place, and no agree­ment had been reached with the Port Au­thor­i­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (PATT) or the min­is­ter re­spon­si­ble for the port to set­tle the out­stand­ing pay­ments in five an­nu­al in­stal­ments.

The union’s state­ment fol­lows claims made dur­ing re­cent par­lia­men­tary pro­ceed­ings sug­gest­ing that such an arrange­ment was in place.