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Just three days after the United National Congress (UNC)-led Coalition of Interests won the election, interns under the Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Internship Programme stormed the corporation’s Mon Repos office in San Fernando, demanding immediate payment of outstanding wages.
The protest, captured in videos that spread widely across social media, showed the workers confronting a security officer on Thursday and refusing to leave the compound. One woman was heard shouting, “Don’t come and tell us nothing. We want our money right now.” When security advised them to move their demonstration to the roadway, the workers defiantly chanted, “We want we cash. Call the police!” Another protester told the officer to go to MTS and call the authorities.
Frustrated and angry, the workers claimed the internship programme was suddenly cut after the People’s National Movement (PNM) lost the election, and they accused San Fernando East MP and outgoing minister in the Ministry of Finance Brian Manning of using the programme for political mileage.
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