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SIC to Meet with Union Today

SIC Antigua St John's - The State Insurance Corporation (SIC) and the Antigua Trades and Labour Union (AT&LU) will be addressing redundancy concerns on Monday during a meeting requested by the SIC.

SIC, according to correspondence received by Caribarena.com, invited AT&LU General Secretary Alrick Daniel to “a very important meeting to discuss some vital issues regarding the possible redundancy, to take place within the Corporation".

The letter was sent out on January 23, but the parties could not agree on a date until February 6.

The AT&LU’s Dave Joseph said although the union welcomed SIC's initiative in calling for a meeting, “We are just going to hear what they have to say.”

"We believe there are some employees that the Corporation would like to see the back of," he said.

"But we are going to hear what they have to say, put that with what we know, then go from there.”


The meeting concerns issues surrounding SIC’s move to divest some of its staff complement, and proposed changes to the rules governing their employment.

The AT&LU, which represents the sundry employees, has been negotiating with the SIC since the announcement early last year. But the parties' failure to reach an agreement landed the issue before the commissioner of labour, and ultimately the Industrial Court, where it is still pending.


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The IMF's NEST, UPP Manifesto & Flagellation Vanishing Point.

#3 John French II » 2012-02-07 01:57

Notes From A Native Son Of The Rock. Why do some converts resort to Flagellation? Quote:
"In a culture like ours, long accustomed to splitting and dividing all things as a means of control, it is sometimes a bit of a shock to be reminded that, in operational and practical fact, the medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium - that is, of any extension of ourselves - result from the new scale that is introduced into our affairs by each extension of ourselves, or by any new technology."
Who has paid attention to the UPP Manifesto? It is clear that neither the Workers nor Unions did. Read the Strategic Direction of the Bretton Woods Bandits - World Bank, IMF and Paris Club? This is to be expected. Human Resources must be reduced to make the SIC more attractive on the Divestment Market. By Ourselves - The Blues. By New Technology - The IMF. Why not study the IMF and Jamaica to understand the Vanishing Point. Unless a local friendly Privateer buys SIC, the end is ordained. My Condolences to the Workers. The Union Bosses should be banished to Redonda. Nuff Said.
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RE: SIC to Meet with Union Today

#2 JASPER » 2012-02-06 06:24

Hold the line workers. Hold the line!!
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RE: SIC to Meet with Union Today

#1 concern antiguan » 2012-02-06 06:20

antigua is the worst place on earth,when it come to matters about workers no body care. the industrial court stay so long to hear a case.the next thing is that the government do not have a public service board of appeal in place.this never happen under alp.the upp came to office with people first,that is why workers are dismiss wrongfully and nothing in place for appeals.but it will be a next election very soon and cannot come and tell us that people first.too many promises that should have been in place, nothing done but we are waiting for thr next election.
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