{"id":8776,"date":"2017-10-30T19:23:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T23:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=8776"},"modified":"2017-10-30T19:23:42","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T23:23:42","slug":"airport-janitors-decry-emotional-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/airport-janitors-decry-emotional-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport janitors decry emotional abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The airport janitorial staff are at their wits\u2019 end with the treatment they say has been meted out to them at the hands of senior supervisory members of staff and management\u2019s failure to adequately resolve the issue.<\/span><\/p>

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Speaking to\u00a0Antigua News Room<\/i>\u00a0(ANR) about several instances where a senior member of the janitorial staff has been verbally abusive to junior employees, a cleaner said staff is tired of writing and complaining to management about the behaviour of this senior member of staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

The worker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the woman in question has been written to by management on many occasions, but her behaviour continues unabated.<\/span><\/p>

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Reports are that the senior staff refers to her subordinates by derogatory names and complains about their work being unacceptable.<\/span><\/p>

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A recent incident occurred last week Thursday in the early morning hours when she and a cleaner had a run in over the cleanliness of the bathroom facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>ANR was told that the senior member of staff apparently disappointed with the cleaning job done in the bathroom splashed water all over the facility and demanded that it be cleaned again.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>After a reported exchange between her and the worker, she told the worker to leave the compound and later sought the assistance of the police and security to remove the woman, who went to the nurses quarters.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it was after\u00a02 am<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and the woman reportedly did not have a means to get home because the airport bus was not leaving until\u00a04 am<\/span><\/span>\u00a0to pick up workers, the woman had to wait at the old terminal building until then.<\/span><\/p>

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The source told ANR that that cleaner was instructed not to return to work until Monday (today) when she would meet with management.<\/span><\/p>

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\u00a0<\/span>We understand that meeting took place, but the cleaner was told to return\u00a0tomorrow<\/span><\/span>\u00a0for a decision in the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Another incident which occurred last week involved that senior janitorial staff allegedly calling a cleaner a pig and a nasty b**** during a verbal exchange.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the source, the janitorial staff wrote to the minister responsible for the airport requesting a meeting in September, but he never replied.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a meeting with the minister and all the matters that we have complained about to be resolved. We are tired of writing, and our union (Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union) has requested meetings with management to address our concerns, but those meetings have not come off.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are sick and tired of it, but we will write to the minister again. At times you get so frustrated with the treatment that you sometimes want to do something and pay the consequences later,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

She told ANR that because of the ill treatment, which has been taking place for some time, at least 15 workers have left the job out of frustration.<\/span><\/p>\n

Airport officials could not be reached for a comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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