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December 31, 2021

Government to defend potential lawsuit on Tower Hill blockade

So, should the BSCFA expect a lawsuit? Perhaps, but according to chairman Andy Westby who spoke to Channel 5 News earlier today, it has been covered.
August 18, 2021

Labour Minister confirms stevedores dispute now before labour tribunal, collective bargaining negotiations progressing well

Conversely, the matter involving the stevedores and their plight for compensation for the revenues they earned loading sugar exports was now before the Labour Tribunal.
August 11, 2021

BREAKING: CWU, Port of Belize before Essential Services Tribunal over stevedores dispute

The matter is now before the Essential Services Tribunal which will take submissions from both sides and make a decision.
July 30, 2021
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Labour Department says Christian Workers Union, Port of Belize negotiating

In a statement this evening, it commended both sides, saying “These interactions will continue to be held in the spirit of respect, goodwill, reciprocity, and transparency [...]
July 15, 2021

CWU issues notice of industrial action, go-slow already underway

Stevedores working the sugar barge, said CWU president Evan “Mose” Hyde today, have already started on a go-slow since last Thursday, which he said would end [...]
July 6, 2021

Are Belmopan CitCo “redundancies” violating Labour Act?

It is alleged that these come even as the Council, headed by Mayor Sharon Palacio, has been taking on unnecessary spending with the hiring of relatives [...]
July 6, 2021
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Christian Workers’ Union: Impasse again over Port of Belize staff agreement and sugar switch

After last year's tumult, the long-overdue CBA on stevedores was signed but an agreement on staff could not be reached by negotiations or mediation, said Hyde, [...]
July 6, 2021

BNTU legal challenge to salary cut being heard in court next week

In an update issued at the branch levels yesterday by their respective district presidents, the BNTU notified teachers that the case is set to be heard [...]