Ali­cia Llanos

Pres­i­dent of the Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion Wat­son Duke is threat­en­ing a week of rest for em­ploy­ees of the Board of In­land Rev­enue and Cus­toms and Ex­cise, should the Gov­ern­ment fail to ad­dress their con­cerns on job se­cu­ri­ty in the es­tab­lish­ment of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Rev­enue Au­thor­i­ty.

Duke was speak­ing yes­ter­day at the PSA walk around down­town Port-of-Spain to protest the terms and con­di­tions of re­trench­ment and re-em­ploy­ment be­ing giv­en to the work­ers of BIR and Cus­toms and Ex­cise. He called on the em­ploy­ees of BIR, Cus­toms and Ex­cise and fel­low pub­lic ser­vants to note Good Fri­day as the start of week-long rest.

He said it was through that ex­treme mo­bil­i­sa­tion of the labour move­ment that the voic­es of the em­ploy­ees would be heard. Duke had pre­vi­ous­ly called March 1 a day of rest, leav­ing BIR and Cus­toms and Ex­cise at a vir­tu­al stand­still.