Contractors’ union boss wants backpay before Christmas too

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December 5, 2025

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Contractors’ union boss wants backpay before Christmas too

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Sascha Wilson

Contractors and General Workers Trade Union (CGWTU) president general Ermine De Bique-Meade is calling on Government to pay her members their outstanding backpay before Christmas.

“We need cash. We need it badly. We need it now or before December 22,” De Bique-Meade said at a media conference at the union’s headquarters on Rushworth Street, San Fernando, yesterday.

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