00:00president of the t t scrap iron dealers association alan ferguson says his goal is to work with the
00:06government to restore the scrap metal industry to a point where it is running efficiently
00:11he claims that there is an international entity that has started taking over the local scrap
00:16industry we had more than a hundred and something and most of them was our members and today
00:29the day
00:32they started to take over
00:39let me explain to you they will have 25. you listen to me they will have 25.
00:45they are not going to eliminate the foreigners
00:51ferguson claims that the foreigners were also seeking to run his scrapyard
00:55i am not alive
00:59they came to me with five million dollars
01:07and i said no
01:09ttcda maintains that the new legislation amid only partial implementation
01:14is causing a lot of bureaucracy resulting in extended time spans to do business
01:19as a result according to ferguson businesses continue to close placing more people on the breadline
01:26he states that a meeting three months ago with the trade minister has not yielded any results as yet
01:32supporters of ttcda also cite the importance of the scrap metal industry to the environment
01:38by way of reducing landfill waste and litter president of the united farmers union shiraz
01:43can questions why people who are economically vulnerable are placed in situations where their
01:48needs like having a job become a struggle according to him it's not a fight about money
01:55what she is we are begging and fighting for equity what you know what happened
02:01the indian man against the indian man somebody has brought him to the bank full
02:09so brothers and sisters i book the university
02:11promote that we are fighting for for being money we are fighting for equity social justice for all
02:17seventh day adventist pastor clive dotten says there are people in the industry who are left
02:23wanting basic needs from day to day i believe there are people at a certain level in the society
02:31do not wish local very local people and street people to succeed and run any business at all
02:40especially this entire business that's it my conviction that's my strong strong conviction
02:45and i want to tell mrs camber for some pieces do not repeat the mistakes of the former government
02:52pastor dotten calls on the government to give comprehensive support for the scrap iron dealers
02:57association and also to work to accelerate the reopening of petrotrin other entities such as the
03:04oil fields workers trade union the movement for social justice and the network of ngos for the
03:09advancement of women are among those who are in solidarity with ttcda
03:15alicia boucher tv6 news
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