{"id":203643,"date":"2024-06-03T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=203643"},"modified":"2024-06-03T12:12:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T16:12:48","slug":"wehner-reports-industrial-action-at-cost-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wehner-reports-industrial-action-at-cost-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Wehner Reports: Industrial Action at Cost Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua and Barbuda –<\/strong> Workers at Cost Pro have taken industrial action, downing their tools in protest against the management’s unilateral decision to further reduce work hours. <\/p>

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Represented by the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU), approximately 100 workers are voicing their concerns over the lack of consultation and communication from Cost Pro’s management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview, Hugh Joseph, an officer of the ABWU, outlined the grievances of the workers. “Management first communicated their intention to reduce the workweek on May 21, but without any details on how they planned to implement this reduction,” Joseph stated. “They have not engaged in any meaningful dialogue with us.”<\/p>

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For the past year, the workweek for Cost Pro employees had already been reduced from 44 hours to 40 hours, as permitted by the Collective Agreement during slow business periods. <\/p>

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Now, management proposes to reduce the workweek even further, in some cases down to 32 hours. “We have made it clear that we are not prepared to accept any further reductions without justifiable reasons and proper negotiations,” Joseph emphasized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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