00:00To perform the duties of my office as required by the Constitution of the Union.
00:10The new executive of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers taking the
00:15oath of office.
00:16Among them, Christopher Street, President General, Clifton Simpson, First Deputy President
00:22General, and Lydia Peters, Second Deputy President General.
00:26Street refers to the recently concluded election as a fair and well-run, as he signals his
00:32plan to have the union function in an all-inclusive manner, as he puts it.
00:37We are in the business of people's problems.
00:41So if you're any strong, if you feel that you can carry burden, and you're in this business,
00:47you're in the wrong business.
00:49You're in the wrong business.
00:51The trade union is about looking after.
00:55When people come here, they come in to greet us with cheer.
00:59The government will not sue.
01:01And he urges his team to give it their best shot in attempting to solve those issues.
01:06And those promises that we would have, those, let me not say promises, those undertakings
01:13and those commitments that we would have made during the election period, I am telling you,
01:19we will be going after them to have them fulfilled 100 percent.
01:26100 percent.
01:29As for his predecessor, James Lambert, Street has this to say.
01:34Let me take time to thank the former President General,
01:39Governor James Lambert.
01:45For the 16 years service he would have given to this organization and President General.
01:51Governor Lambert, we thank you.
01:58But we have to move forward.
02:00Supervisor of election Luna Wright, who began her tenure in 2011,
02:05sums up this election as tough.
02:08This is the toughest election that I have conducted.
02:12Right?
02:13This is the first election that Newt had three full slates.
02:18So we had 45 members vying for 15 positions.
02:24Street attributes the success of his slate to God,
02:27and he's enlisting the support of all union members for the NUGFW's continued progress going forward.
02:34Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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