00:00President Crystal Bevin-Ash emphasizes that Tutor did not...
00:05...direct any action, but teachers are understandably frustrated and silent.
00:10He tells The Morning Edition months of discussions have failed to resolve...
00:15...long-standing issues, leaving educators feeling unsupported.
00:20No problem if my comrades get what they're supposed to get for their membership.
00:24Honestly, Tutor...
00:25...has no problem with that.
00:26But the government of the Republic of Trinidad...
00:30...Tobago has a responsibility.
00:32And if it is that you would have signed an agreement...
00:35...that you would have told Tutor on the 10th of December...
00:38...that listen at the end...
00:40...the end of January you're going to get.
00:41Marlon, we passed the 10th of January already.
00:43There's a whole month passed.
00:45Nothing has been done.
00:46The association is clear.
00:48Teachers' actions...
00:50...are never meant to hurt students.
00:52Yet, he says, the ongoing delays are taking place.
00:55...a toll.
00:56And frustrations are visible across classrooms impacting education.
01:00educators physically and emotionally.
01:02The teachers don't want to hurt you.
01:05The teachers don't want to impact on you...
01:07...to bring you down...
01:09...or let your...
01:10...the child not get an education...
01:11...or disrupt your data...
01:12...have you go and bring back...
01:14...get your child in...
01:15...and safe place and so on.
01:16That is not the intention.
01:17The intention is just...
01:18...the intention is just...
01:20...might have been...
01:21...to let the employer know...
01:22...listen, here we're going on...
01:23...some...
01:24...like...
01:25...we're getting sick.
01:26We're serious about this thing.
01:27This thing is impacting on my health.
01:30...the...
01:31...tutor head warns...
01:32...that teachers will wear red...
01:33...in solidarity...
01:34...until outside...
01:35...withstanding payments are addressed.
01:37Before we started the program...
01:38...while we were off here...
01:39...you said that...
01:40...that I'm in red...
01:41...and I told you...
01:42...I'm red...
01:43...all my teachers are in red...
01:44...all my educators...
01:45...until we get rebred.
01:49He adds...
01:50...that the absence of...
01:50clear timelines from the Ministry has only deepened uncertainty.
01:55It is intensifying the frustration the association is trying to address.
02:00Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
02:05Nicole M. Romany, TV6 News.
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