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 Plans for protest action by members of staff at the Global Bank of Commerce have been suspended following a meeting between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) and the bank\u2019s management on Wednesday.<\/p>

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 The ABWU had indicated that workers would protest  as they felt disrespected by representatives from the bank during recent negotiations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe union finds the bank\u2019s action to be extremely disrespectful to not only the employees and their representatives, who were ready to discuss the longstanding matters, but also [disrespectful to] the office of the Labour Commissioner. The union also views the behavior of the bank to be disingenuous and goes against the principle of good industrial relations to the loyal staff who continue to work diligently,\u201d said ABWU\u2019s Industrial relations officer Fernando Samuels during a press conference on Wednesday.<\/p>

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According to the union, the bank failed to provide an update on issues that were put on hold following initial talks which ended on April 30, 2018.<\/p>

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The Antigua Observer reports that the union was scheduled to  meet with bank staff concerning their next move following the press conference, but the bank\u2019s call to the union put that meeting on hold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the discussion table for the two parties were, among other things, issues relating to staff training, hours of work, overtime, maternity leave, study leave and salaries.<\/p>

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 Plans for protest action by members of staff at the Global Bank of Commerce have been suspended following a meeting between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) and the bank\u2019s management on Wednesday.  The ABWU had indicated that workers would protest  as they felt disrespected by representatives from the bank during recent negotiations. \u201cThe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nProtest action by bank workers suspended - 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\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protest action by bank workers suspended\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\" Plans for protest action by members of staff at the Global Bank of Commerce have been suspended following a meeting between the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) and the bank\u2019s management on Wednesday.  The ABWU had indicated that workers would protest  as they felt disrespected by representatives from the bank during recent negotiations. \u201cThe […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-03-07T18:18:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-03-07T18:18:51+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\/2019\/03\/global-bank-commerce-logo-medium.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"Protest action by bank workers suspended\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-03-07T18:18:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-03-07T18:18:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\"},\"wordCount\":234,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:612\/h:612\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/global-bank-commerce-logo-medium.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/protest-action-by-bank-workers-suspended\/\",\"name\":\"Protest action by bank workers suspended - 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