00:00The scene outside of SpanCast Caribbean Limited, formerly Spancrete, on Tuesday afternoon,
00:11as workers gathered in protest. According to the Transport Industrial Workers' Trade Union,
00:16which represents the permanent employees, who we're told have at least 10 years tenure,
00:21a change in the management of SpanCast has led to the implementation of what the union calls
00:26oppressive measures over the past year. Tewoo's General Secretary, Ryan Ramdat, explains.
00:32So, for example, workers were not entitled to sick leave. Workers are not entitled to their vacation leave
00:40and things like injury leave and so on. Ramdat says three letters that were sent to management
00:46seeking dialogue went unanswered. He tells us Tewoo tried visiting the company last Thursday,
00:52but that proved futile. Tewoo states that for the majority of workers, except for two or three,
01:13the call never came and they showed up for work on Monday and were barred from entering.
01:17The workers then contacted the trade union.
01:20And informed us that the gate is locked and the instruction by the security is that
01:26everybody has been terminated and they're no longer employed there. Basically what the company did
01:33was engage in a lockout, which is under the Industrial Relations Act, can be deemed to be
01:40illegal industrial action on their behalf. Tewoo says no official termination letters were issued and
01:46the workers were not forewarned about the decision. Lenny Danclair, who has been employed there for a
01:52decade, believes it's retaliation against the workers for engaging the trade union.
01:56Tewoo is calling on Spancast to meet in good faith as it is seeking clarity on what it calls a heavy-handed
02:19approach taken by the company's management. But Ramdat indicates that legal action will follow.
02:24So we did reach out to the Ministry of Labour and the Minister is aware of what is taking place.
02:31I spoke to them about two o'clock and their recommendation is that we go ahead with
02:39the Industrial Relations offence. So we will be fine and that's what we are. Right now we are
02:45preparing that as we speak.
02:47The protest is set to continue on Wednesday. Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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