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Former LIAT employees who say they are \u201cdisappointed and frustrated\u201d by the way they have been treated over the last two years by \u201cthe four labour party Caribbean Governments\u201d, have taken their grievance to change.org.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>

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They are calling on the leaders of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica, all of whom are the major shareholders of LIAT, to bring about a resolution to their longstanding issues.<\/p>\n

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The workers lost their jobs when the airline closed, some still owed vacation pay, and then severance.<\/p>

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A petition started on April 30 had almost 1 000 signatures.<\/p>

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\u201cEnough is enough! We have been sitting and hoping on promises made in the letter that was sent to us by the Chairman of the Shareholders, The Honourable Dr Ralph Gonsalves, since the 29th June 2020, and to date, nothing has been done,\u201d the former workers say.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are facing foreclosure, some of us have to undergo psychological help as we are at our breaking point while those with the power to intervene sit by watching our demise. We decided as a collective to share our plight on<\/p>

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Change.org\u00a0<\/strong>and thus far the response has been encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n

They are hoping the issue can now be handled with some urgency.<\/p>

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\u201cThis petition is us asking for the monies owed to us by a government-run organisation. It is sad that we had to go to these lengths just to receive the money that we worked assiduously for. We are at our wit\u2019s end, banks are calling us, debt collectors are calling us, our children are hungry, our marriages have ended and we are at means to an end. Please, we are begging the Shareholder Governments to see to it that the money that we have earned working for their company is paid to us so that we can have a sense of normalcy,\u201d they said.<\/p>

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Members of the public to join their petition by clicking the link\u00a0below:<\/p>\n

Help Former Liat Employees Receive Their Severance<\/a><\/p>\n

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Former LIAT employees who say they are \u201cdisappointed and frustrated\u201d by the way they have been treated over the last two years by \u201cthe four labour party Caribbean Governments\u201d, have taken their grievance to change.org.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP They are calling on the leaders of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":124774,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nFormer LIAT employees launch petition on change.org - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former LIAT employees launch petition on change.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former LIAT employees who say they are \u201cdisappointed and frustrated\u201d by the way they have been treated over the last two years by \u201cthe four labour party Caribbean Governments\u201d, have taken their grievance to change.org.\u00a0CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHATSAPP GROUP They are calling on the leaders of Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, St Vincent and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T11:23:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-03T11:24:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LIAT.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"738\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"457\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Former LIAT employees launch petition on change.org\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-03T11:23:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-03T11:24:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:738\/h:457\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/LIAT.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/former-liat-employees-launch-petition-on-change-org\/\",\"name\":\"Former LIAT employees launch petition on change.org - 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