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NATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS OF THE BAHAMASUniting Workers
Vision for a Better Bahamas
PresidentJennifer Isaacs-Dotson
1st Vice PresidentTheresa Mortimer
2nd Vice President Hubert Saunders
3rd Vice PresidentNelerene Harding
4th Vice President G.B.John Curtis
General SecretaryRobert Farquharson
Asst. General SecretaryMario Curry
TreasurerMelony Munnings
Asst. TreasurerIda Poitier-Turnquest
TrusteeRonnie Ambrister
TrusteeCarmen Munnings-Kemp
TrusteeStephano Greene
President Womens Branch Ms. Hellena Cartwright
Horseshoe Drive
P. O. Box GT-2887
Ph# (242) 356-7459Fax# (242) 356-7457
Email:[email protected] or [email protected]
Website: nctu-bahamas.org
Affiliated: Caribbean Congress of Labour
Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions Inc.
NCTUB Press Statement
on
The Bahamas Union of Teachers
and
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
Sunday, September 8, 2013
For Immediate Release
The National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas (NCTUB) wishes to
advise thepublic that it condemns the recent lockout of The Bahamas
Union of Teachers
(BUT) by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology at
the AnatolRodgers High School. The way that the Ministry of
Education, Science and
Technology handled the situation by calling the Royal Bahamas
Police Force to the
School is not in keeping with the spirit of democracy,
industrial harmony, rights of
workers, as well as the Industrial Agreement signed by the
Bahamas Union ofTeachers and the government of The Bahamas. This
blatant disregard forworkers
rights is another example of unfair and unequal treatment
towards the BahamasUnion of Teachers by the employer, the Ministry
of Education, Science andTechnology and by extension the government
of the Bahamas.
The Congress, in keeping with accepted standards of industrial
relations, knowsthat the matter could have been dealt with and
resolved through social dialogue and
meetings with both parties.
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NCTUB Press Release
September 8, 2013
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The Congress calls on the Minister of Labour and National
Insurance, The Hon. D.
Shane Gibson to take urgent and immediate steps to coordinate
with his Cabinetcolleague who has ministerial responsibilities for
the Ministry of Education,
Science and Technology and encourage him to meet with their
partner in
education, the Bahamas Union of Teachers. In keeping with the
InternationalLabour Organization (ILO) Conventions signed by The
Bahamas which speak totripartism and, in particular, social
dialogue between both parties, the Congress
wishes to advise that it is only through these mechanisms and
meetings with bothparties that this matter will be resolved.
The education ofallBahamian children is important to all workers
in the country
but the Congress will not tolerate one of its presidents being
locked out of anyworkplace. We hereby call on the Prime Minister
and, more specifically, the
Minister of Labour and National Insurance, to ensure that this
entire matter isresolved so that all parties concerned can have
industrial harmony in the
workplace. Failure to do so will result in the Congress calling
on its affiliates toturn out in mass numbers to support the Bahamas
Union of Teachers.
In solidarity,
Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson
President, NCTUB
