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[Redman]

I believe the day that the unions became OVERTLY involved in politics was the beginning of the end.

Not really.

Well, they don't know how to manage it well enough. They want to pull out now and break from the partnership... probably a good thing. They were supposed to use their position to lobby better conditions for the workers, better HSSE laws, increase minimum wage, bring laws to combat discrimination and unfair work practices. They are myopic and can only see their position as money tree shakers. Their all or nothing approach is not how politics works.


Petrotrin ah beat up this morning. OWTU out in force by the refinery gate on the highway. One settafracking traffic this morning

Well as you said they start bad.

And the unions will not change their SOP so we neck deep.

My concern is that at the end of the day we will have to wonder if strikes are to put pressure on the party in power or if it's legitimately worker driven .

Frankly I already wonder



LAter

[villain]

i believe it's an issue with the contractors not paying their workers the rate that they agreed with petrotrin to pay them, and somebody find out.....
how i not hearing anybody vocal about tcl as they were with petrotrin....if the workers agree to what it was? 6%...a labourer there would be higher paid than a labourer in petrotrin.....according to the media....

[NXTREME]

wonder if they striking again today? weather seems perfect

[crazybalhead]

news this morning says that TCL is suffering due to strike and have no choice but to start making offers to workers individually, but they are willing to negotiate with any individual or union who will be reasonable.

Shipment in from Barbados and will be split and some sent to Tobago to meet demand.

[RBphoto]

news this morning says that TCL is suffering due to strike and have no choice but to start making offers to workers individually, but they are willing to negotiate with any individual or union who will be reasonable.

Wonder how much they will pay me as scab labour?

[pioneer]

So there we have it kids...don't go to school...become a labourer...get big money for pressing a button in a plant...get even more for loading a truck with a forklift

[wagonrunner]

So there we have it kids...don't go to school...become a labourer...get big money for pressing a button in a plant...get even more for loading a truck with a forklift

at the current rate of handouts, anybody working hard to make something of themself have to be tchupid.

[*$kїđž!™]

So there we have it kids...don't go to school...become a labourer...get big money for pressing a button in a plant...get even more for loading a truck with a forklift

at the current rate of handouts, anybody working hard to make something of themself have to be tchupid.

and dont forget....females should drop outta school and start making babies.....at the age of 25 u should have about 4 kids......and be unemployed.......U gonna be rewarded with free stuff and money every mth and not forgetting getting that brand new FREE HOME..!!!!

[Redman]

I hear NP workers settle for 9% last night.
They were activating since Wed
another non productive state enterprise.
Later

[uncle sam]

owtu was striking in westmooring yesterday.. have a couple pics will post them soon

[1UZFE]

So OWTU represented Institutions that settled are
NP - 9%
Petrotrin- 9%
TCL - ?
TTEC - ?
Look like Roget know what he doing...

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

tlc locked out their workers, NO pay for them and now the workers looking to take desperate measures to get back onto the premesis.

Steups- they should SHOOT a worker for trespassing, lets see how many more of them will try something stupid.
Those current wages are Already better than alot of jobs in this country, GREED is really a HELL of a thing.

[sMASH]

the term 'lock out' is not as obvious as it would seem, as i have come to understand. this is term used to represent the situation where representatives of the company secretly contacts members of the protesters, and try to get them to perform some sort of duties to help the company continue its production. the workers, feeling the brunt of the limited pay, tend to be enticed by the notion.

but this shows that the company is reeling from the limitations of the industrial action and requires the man hours put in. but it, obviously, gives the company more reason to stand its ground because its income generation continues, albeit at a reduced scale, all the while the workers continue to exhaust their reserves.

this is where the solidarity of the workforce gains its merit.

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

labourers in this place to Faking GREEDY!

They should FIRE ALL their ASSES and close down, Re open and only employ people under contract, let them firetruck around again, and FIRE their arses one time!

[Habit7]

Come trinis, this need to stop

[Stephon.]

They think they're being witty and funny, but in reality they're protesting for something with that comedian attitude, it's hard to take them seriously which is why they never get what they want.

[Habit7]

I just hear those TCL union blockheads attack a maxi carrying workers into the plant

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

[Damien]

I was in the camp just now I heard that it happened somewhere on the main road not in front tcl and the same tIme david abdullah was addressing the crowd, I don't think that it was any permanent workers could be casuals from the village nearby

[Damien]

I was in the camp just now I heard that it happened somewhere on the main road not in front tcl and the same tIme david abdullah was addressing the crowd, I don't think that it was any permanent workers could be casuals from the village nearby

[RIPEBREDFRUIT]

I just hear those TCL union blockheads attack a maxi carrying workers into the plant

TRUE colours of the blue collar worker coming through their skin

[InsanityReigns]

Union reps are saying that workers at the Petrotrin Bond has down tools because of a memo sent out on Friday by Petrotrin concerning Variable Payment. Waiting for confirmation.

[*$kїđž!™]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Rog ... 90796.html

Roget warns of fuel shortage in South, Tobago
Petrotrin workers down tools over bunkering deal, unpaid bonuses
By Renuka Singh

Story Created: Sep 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM ECT

Story Updated: Sep 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM ECT

Unanswered questions about a new fuel bunkering subsidiary, Bunkers Oil of Trinidad and Tobago, yesterday resulted in a shut-down at Petrotrin's Marine division and the filling bond in Pointe-a-Pierre.

Oilfields Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) leader Ancel Roget yesterday confirmed the protest action, saying workers were not pleased about what was described as a lack of communication from Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and Petrotrin's silence on the new bunkering arrangement.

The OWTU, Roget said, is also protesting the company's failure to accede to the promise of variable pay, subject to the company's profitability. The collective bargaining agreement states if the company makes in excess of $100 million, it will pay bonuses to workers.

But last Thursday, a circular went out to all employees stating the company was profitable in fiscal year 2010/2011 and, as such, employees were rewarded with variable pay at the end of June.

"Unfortunately, in fiscal year 2009/2010, the company suffered a net loss and, regrettably, there is no profit available to be shared amongst employees for that particular year," the memo said.

But yesterday, over 200 frustrated workers attached to the division downed tools, leaving a fuel ship unberthed and empty.

That fuel ship was supposed to supply Tobago.

Roget said if both situations were not rectified, it could lead to continued action and a shortage of fuel to parts of south Trinidad and Tobago.

"There is a vessel that was unable to berth because of the work stoppage. That vessel is expected to supply fuel to Tobago," Roget said.

Three weeks ago, at a post-Cabinet media briefing, Ramnarine announced that Cabinet agreed on the issue of a marketing licence for the local bunkering company.

He had said then that there would be a subsidiary of international company Bunkers' International Corporation.

The company, he had said then, will bunker vessels working for Oldendorf, a German-based company which recently established a transshipment business in the country.

Ramnarine said an estimated 125 ships would be bunkered in local waters as part of the new venture, with a future growth potential for 350 vessels.

He said Cabinet "agreed that any fuel being purchased by bunkers from Bunkers Oil Trinidad and Tobago Ltd must be purchased from State-owned Petrotrin, adding it would be additional revenue for Petrotrin.

The union, Roget said, took note of that statement, and even after speaking with Petrotrin, none of their questions were answered.

But Ramnarine yesterday said despite the announcement three weeks ago, no licence has been awarded for bunkering.

"Cabinet did agree to the award of a licence to one company, Bunkers Oil Trinidad and Tobago Ltd, a subsidiary of Bunkers International. The award of this licence is however subject to a number of conditions being met," he said via text message.

With regard to the protest action, Ramnarine said all contingencies were in place to keep the supply chain functioning.

Late last year, during the height of the State of Emergency, Government uncovered a million-dollar diesel bunkering racket. Though no one has since been formally charged, Government has maintained it was embarking on strict measures to mitigate illegal fuel bunkering, including adding a blue dye to the fuel as a marker.

[JoKeR1980]

and so the lines at the gas stations start.....

[ru$$ell]

EVERYONE PANIC BUY!

[InsanityReigns]

It already started, lines at PAP roundabout

[~Vēġó~]

started yesterday in the rio claro....unipet has had no fuel since yesterday and np will be finished in an hour or two from now....

[targus]

It already started, lines at PAP roundabout

true

[zoom rader]

labourers in this place to Faking GREEDY!

They should FIRE ALL their ASSES and close down, Re open and only employ people under contract, let them firetruck around again, and FIRE their arses one time!

Dude the greed started with the businessmen in trini not workers. Workers work and pay taxes, businessmen enslave workers and pay very little taxes.

[*$kїđž!™]

oh lawd not this sheit again...

and we all just finish jump up and hug up for independence day celebarations!!