Workers take to the streets

MORE than 50 workers from the Gravel Concrete and Emulsion Production Corporation who were scheduled to lose their jobs as of the first week in November were demonstrating through the city of St. George’s on Tuesday morning as a means of expressing their concerns about the management of the institution, which falls under the direct responsibility of the Works Ministry.

Adorn in placards, the chanting workers presented a letter and a petition to the Minister calling on him to use his authority to reverse the termination letters and at the same time undertake some measure with regards to the management and administration of the corporation.

Chester Humphrey, President of the Grenada Technical and Allied Workers’ Union,  said that among the concerns is the refusal of Government to re-appoint a board of directors for the corporation. “The life of the Board expired more than three months ago and it’s yet to be re-appointed either with new persons or the same persons,” he said.

The workers also delivered a petition calling for, among other things, the Minister to lift the sand mining restriction on Telescope beach; to immediately re-appoint the board of directors; and to ensure that all state construction includes the products from the corporation as the supply contracts.