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The Com­mu­ni­ca­tion Work­ers’ Union (CWU) is call­ing on Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Clyde El­der to in­ter­vene in the on­go­ing dis­pute be­tween the union and the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT), as ten­sions es­ca­late over ex­ec­u­tive spend­ing and stalled wage ne­go­ti­a­tions.

Speak­ing at a me­dia con­fer­ence yes­ter­day, CWU sec­re­tary gen­er­al Joanne Ogeer said the union met with TSTT ear­li­er in the day to con­tin­ue wage ne­go­ti­a­tions, dur­ing which time the com­pa­ny sought to dis­miss me­dia re­ports about the cost of a re­cent ex­ec­u­tive re­treat.

“This morn­ing, we met at the Oval Box to con­tin­ue wage ne­go­ti­a­tions. The com­pa­ny made it clear to the union that the in­voic­es as stat­ed were over­priced or in­flat­ed and that the in­for­ma­tion cir­cu­lat­ing was not cor­rect,” Ogeer said.