The Antigua & Barbuda Trade Union Congress (ABTUC) called for government to pay down on its over $500 million debt to Social Security and to reconsider the increase in contribution rate

Union representatives refused to accept the “wholesale” transfer of workers from the Bendals Quarry to the one in Burma, and have instructed employees to report to their usual place of work.

At least one major supermarket has seen a shortage in food items after industrial action by workers at the Port Authority over the last two days.

The Antigua Trades and Labour Union -AT&LU- has strongly condemned the port authority for calling in the police during industrial action at the facility yesterday.

Four workers, sacked on Tuesday from Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA), said they have taken the matter to their union as the statutory corporation reportedly told them they would not be receiving severance.

Minister responsible for the Port Authority Trevor Walker has promised he would soon address some of the burning issues plaguing the cash-strapped and overstaffed institution.

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.

As debate continues on the likely implications taxation of benefits and allowances could have on the workforce, trade unions here are rallying their troops to create a greater level of public awareness of what is to come.

Workers dismissed with the closure of Complete Security Limited could end up using the courts to force payment of severance and past due wages.

Around 20 workers at Antigua Energy Operators, a subsidiary of the energy company Wartsila, located on Crabbs Peninsula, went on strike on Wednesday, to demand a salary increase they say is owed to them.