ANNISETTE ON LABOUR ISSUES

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General Secretary of the National Trade Union Centre, Michael Annisette, accuses  the government of not adhering to its responsibility as a participatory government in the International Labour Organisation and as a signatory to the I.L.O.'s conventions on collective bargaining.

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00:00 General Secretary of the National Trade Union Center Michael Anisot accuses the government of not adhering to its responsibility

00:07 as a participatory government in the International Labour Organization and as a signatory to the ILO's

00:14 conventions on collective bargaining

00:16 The issue is the question of the undermining one and emasculation of the collective bargaining

00:25 process

00:26 by this government and this government is the biggest employer in Trinidad and Tobago

00:32 So we have to make a distinction please between the government as a government and the government as an employer

00:40 who have a responsibility

00:43 under the ILO

00:46 conventions of collective bargaining

00:48 The government they have emasculated and undermined the process as the government

00:55 by one

00:57 Not giving instructions to state enterprises and statutory boards

01:01 Even as we enter into 12 years in some instances

01:06 that negotiations

01:08 outstanding for several government employees

01:12 Well when asked about what are the stumbling blocks in negotiations

01:17 Anisot answered by saying that the government has been purposely not giving the go-ahead for negotiations

01:24 Which violates the ILO convention and good industrial principles

01:28 The government

01:32 deliberate refusal to give the instructions to the state enterprises statutory boards

01:39 to start the negotiations it is it is

01:43 Something that is not law. It is something that is a rule where cabinet or the various ministry directs

01:52 the state enterprises the statutory boards when to start the

01:58 negotiations because instructions have to be given in order to start the

02:03 negotiation which is a fundamental breach of good industrial relation principle and the ILO

02:10 convention

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