00:00the allegations against the sitting executive of the amalgamated workers union are scathing
00:05they range from claims that vehicles at the port of spain city corporation
00:09are being sabotaged to facilitate a contract of a company tied to an executive for as much as a
00:16filter because are down so that this this contractor can get work within the port of
00:22spain city corporation to a loan taken by the union signaling to workers a conflict of interest
00:291.7 million dollars that have been borrowed from the union by from its own rmu which are supposed to
00:38be the representative of the workers itself the accusations are being made by financial and
00:44non-financial members from three entities the city corporation bermuda's biscuits and new city mall
00:51employees however at the heart of the matter the workers want the executive gone saying they are
00:57operating illegally workers feel that their representation is being compromised because
01:02of the alleged loan but also underperformance i had to fight for myself for eight years concerning
01:09i'm one of my shifts because i used to be ill sick depressed and not one day she came to
01:15me or call
01:16me that finger is being pointed at the general secretary of the amu according to victor corridor
01:22cleaners at new city mall are working on 2011 salaries and black personal protective equipment
01:28the amu's response he says leaves much to be desired it's only meeting meeting meeting when they come
01:36by us they're just writing down all the issues and nothing being done amu members again highlight that
01:43elections which are due every three years have not been called for a decade
01:46financial audits they say have not been done for that same period president of the amu michael
01:53prentice indicates that it's being addressed we could send no more because we're doing audits right
01:58now right beyond 20 22 we do 16 17 18 19 20 21 we're doing 22 and we have two
02:07more
02:08others to do and we're going to dissolve and call election but the members are beyond fed up
02:13we are calling on the minister of labor to step in into this matter we are calling on him to
02:20appoint
02:21a register of trade unions in an interview with the trinidad express labor minister leroy batiste says
02:28it is an internal affair for which there should be procedures to address it in the union's constitution
02:35if that has not been followed well then generally you have to take some kind of high court action
02:43alicia boucher tv6 news
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