Prime Minister Gaston Browne’s proposal to establish a new union for hotel workers in Antigua and Barbuda has gained support from former trade unionist Anderson Carty, who agrees that change is necessary due to the Antigua & Barbuda Workers Union’s (ABWU) alleged failures.
Carty accused the ABWU of poor representation and corruption, citing compromised officers and issues with service charge calculations. He acknowledged that Browne had raised these concerns with him on Labour Day but questioned the prime minister’s motives, noting the ABWU’s ties to the opposition.
Last Thursday, union officials and industry partners met with Browne to discuss forming an advisory board for the new union. The prime minister has criticized the ABWU for collecting over $2 million annually from hotel workers while failing to advocate for their needs.
The government has proposed a soft loan to assist the union’s launch, provided it remains politically independent. Further discussions with Attorney General Sir Steadroy Benjamin and Deputy Labour Commissioner Pascal Kentish will address legal aspects of the formation.
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I don’t think Mr.Anderson Carty is any better, because he was a part of a certain private security firm,get alot of money to prevent alot of the security workers for winning their cases against the security firm,and even cause alot of security officers to loose their jobs as well…
Any thing Mr.Carty is going to be a part of, will not survive….
Just wondering if Anderson Carty is interested in being the head of that union, I’ll keep listening
ABWU IS IN BED WITH HOTELIERS!!!!
Time for hospitality workers to do like TEACHERS and form their own union!!+
Wake up Union Workers donot fall for the Gimmick from Carty
Firm your own Union from within
Always be skeptical about the wolf in sheep clothing
Am sure some one of your worker is capable to be the leader and form your own Union
Money makes people do anything just be mindful trust no one and remember unity is strength
Wait wasn’t Anderson Carty the same guy who they had to used a bulldozer to get him out of a man’s house after not paying rent for years, now want to be a leader of a union. Antigua is realy a shit hole country
Wondering the same
The government has failed the people, bad roads but want to increase license fee.
Want to increase the price for water and water always off.