The Joint Trade Union Move­ment is call­ing on all pub­lic sec­tor work­ers to re­port for du­ty come Jan­u­ary 17, vac­ci­nat­ed or not.

Union heads held a press con­fer­ence on the steps of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al's Of­fice in Port-of-Spain to­day to raise their con­cerns about the gov­ern­ment's plan to cre­ate safe zones in pub­lic of­fices. The pol­i­cy calls for pub­lic sec­tor work­ers to be vac­ci­nat­ed by mid-Jan­u­ary or risk be­ing fur­loughed - sent home with no pay.

Pres­i­dent Gen­er­al of the Oil­fields Work­ers Unions and the Joint Trade Union Move­ment, An­cel Ro­get wants those who choose not to be vac­ci­nat­ed to al­so show up to work.

"I want to tell all work­ers, present your­self for work on the 17th and con­tin­ue to present your­self, let them de­ny you en­try in­to your place of work and that will be tan­ta­mount to il­le­gal lock­out which the trade union and our le­gal team is wait­ing to deal with those is­sues. I re­peat, do not set up your­selves by stay­ing home present your­self to work."

Two vac­ci­na­tion sites have been set up for pub­lic sec­tor work­ers to be vac­ci­nat­ed from to­mor­row, Wednes­day.