Employees in the Marketing Department of the West Indies Oil Company (WIOC) are expected back on the job Monday after extending their sickout into yesterday.

More than a year of negotiations between hoteliers, employees and their union finally paid off yesterday with the parties agreeing on increases in wages and allowances.

LIAT’s top management has said it remains dedicated to reaching a suitable settlement with its pilots on a number of outstanding issues, including a pension fund.

LIAT workers in Grenada have accepted EC $500,000 (US $185,000) to temporarily end almost two weeks of industrial action, but the dispute has still been turned over to an arbitration tribunal.

The Industrial Court has dealt American oil company Chevron a serious blow yesterday, halting the planned sale of some of its regional operations

Management of Antigua Public Utilities Authorities (APUA) has conceded to workers’ demands for their vacation pay to be paid upfront.

LIAT and its pilots’ union are at loggerheads again, with one side threatening legal action and both accusing the other of being responsible for delays in implementing the rulings of a 2008 arbitration panel.

LIAT has advised its pilots that it is unable to put in place all the elements of a tribunal ruling by the September 15th deadline.

Chairman of the Leeward Islands Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA) Captain Michael Blackburn is calling on LIAT’s management to fully implement by September 15 an arbitration ruling handed down almost two months ago.

Hours after LIAT announced that it was moving to finalise a new collective agreement with its pilots comes word that the airline has been given until September 15th to implement all the findings of a tribunal