"Unity in Diversity"
Students at the Antigua State College have a better appreciation for the local Trade Union Movement following a recent presentation by the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU). Approximately 20 first-year students from the Introduction to Business class were educated on the shared history and…
Employees at the Board of Education (BOE) who become fathers will benefit from an increase in the number of days allocated for paternity leave. The increase comes as a provision in the latest Collective Agreement between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) and the BOE. Paternity leave is…
Shop Stewards employed in the transportation, aviation, and security sectors are the latest to benefit from a series of workshops organized by the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU). The training sessions are designed to bolster the skills of shop stewards with a view of increasing the overa…
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) disregards the latest position advanced by the Gaston Browne Administration on the matter of severance for the former employees of Liat (1974) Ltd. According to last week’s Cabinet notes, the Government “is giving thought to providing 32% of severance…
General Secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), Stephen Cotton, has written to Prime Minister Gaston Browne on the matter of severance for the former and current employees of LIAT (1974) Ltd. In his missive, Mr. Cotton said the ITF was both “surprised and concerned” by…
It has come to the attention of the Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union that Prime Minister Gaston Browne, has by way of a written statement and verbal remarks, indicated his intent to circumvent the Union — the legally recognized bargaining agent of the former and current LIAT (1974) employees — an…
(Nation News, Barbados) The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is calling the settlement for former Barbadian workers of LIAT airline a success story.“For several years the NUPW has been making representation for the LIAT pilots. We had the issue where the host country of LIAT, Antigua, had pa…
(Nation News Barbados) The Government of Barbados will be honouring its commitment to about 89 former LIAT workers, paying almost $10 million in cash and bonds in severance. While wrapping up debate on the 2023 Financial Statement And Budgetary Proposals in the House of Assembly on Thursday, Prime…
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, why are you so averse to meeting with the Unions on the matter of severance for the former employees of LIAT 1974 Ltd? Prime Minister Browne, when and how have the workers of LIAT so offended you that you would do anything within your power to deprive them of their jus…
The former employees of LIAT 1974 Ltd. are hard-working, intelligent and talented individuals who understand their value. Moreover, the unions representing these workers comprise a team of competent and experienced professionals who have a long track record of successful negotiations. Prime Ministe…