Co Williams Construction Workers Stage Protest Over Pay and Working Conditions
Workers at Co Williams Construction downed tools in protest yesterday, raising concerns over pay disparities and working conditions.
The construction company, closely associated with the government’s road infrastructure rehabilitation project, found itself at the center of discontent as employees demanded fair treatment and resolution of long-standing issues.
Joel James, the shop steward representing the workers, expressed frustration with the company’s management, citing a lack of communication and collaboration with the union.
“We’re looking for a razor pay because we haven’t received a pay raise since the old contract. Now, with the new contract, we’re expecting an increase of around 12%. The management is just doing what they want; they’re not coming to the union and talking,” said James.
One of the primary grievances stems from the expiration of the old agreement, leaving workers without a fresh contract. The lack of a renewed agreement has fueled discontent among the workforce, contributing to the decision to take protest action.
Apart from remuneration concerns, workers also highlighted other pressing issues that pushed them to stage the protest.
James revealed, “We have a problem with the dust and the water that we drink, and the heat allowance. We aren’t receiving the amounts we’re supposed to. Today’s protest is a culmination of these issues, and we will keep it up until everything is resolved.”
The workers’ grievances extend beyond financial matters, with health and safety concerns coming to the forefront. Insufficient dust control measures, inadequate drinking water quality, and concerns about heat allowances have intensified dissatisfaction among the workforce.
Representing the workers is the Antigua and Barbuda Free Trade Union.
The union is advocating for fair wages, improved working conditions, and a renewed contract to provide job security and stability for the Co Williams Construction workforce.
The construction company and the union are expected to engage in negotiations to find a resolution and restore normalcy to the construction site.
The outcome of these discussions will determine the future relationship between Co Williams Construction and its workers, as well as the progress of the government’s road infrastructure rehabilitation project.
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Never, ever forget that Prime Minister Gaston Browne has told each and every Antiguan that the country is now an economic powerhouse; yet we still have a plethora of workers still awaiting pay and work in terrible conditions (isn’t this also a Health and Safety issue?).
Come on ABLP, put Daryl Matthew’s in charge until the next General Election in 2028.
Gaston’s slovenly rhetoric has boxed him into a TIGHT corner; and anyone will tell you when a man – or animal – is cornered, they are very DANGEROUS!
Verbal diarrhea as usual
That’s all you got @ Aloenso?
Then again, why am I not surprised 😁
Now Antigua people and residents should come out and protest the same way against these so-called wannabe road builders that messing up the road. CO Williams don’t know one shit about what they’re doing
What a joke! Can this band of hoodlums ever get anything right? This is what you get when you resort to bobol. All the millions spent,and the roads are substandard,just like the government.
Bahama Hotmix took them to court over something similar.
The indictments against this historic failure of an administration just keeps piling up. And to hear the Gastonites and Labourites try to defend them is unconscionable.
Closed clinics and an ailing hospital, closed police stations going back years, government buildings mold infested, reducing operations to noon daily, two million for a cemetery and they “knock up” some lame, mall road, now just mud with the recent rains, thing that is so reflective of them; 22 million for a “state of the art”( don’t make me laugh) hospital that is now mold infested and uninhabitable; missing (more like misappropriated) Barbuda relief funds and supplies now an international scandal for sure and a myriad of failures.
The cup of ALP runneth over like volcanic lava, leaving a wave of destruction. The red cool aid has toxicity that runs deep. This just has to end. For the sake of our children.
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