Public Works Corporation (PWC) staff continued protest action Monday against their management who they said have refused to make efforts towards addressing their problems.
Public Works staff claim that they have not been paid for several fortnights and government has failed to contract them for major projects currently underway in Dominica.
The workers are also claiming that as a result of the late payments of salaries, financial institutions are taking legal action against them for their various loan commitments.
General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union Thomas Letang says the Union has explored all possible means of resolving the matter.
He says the protest action will continue until the matter is fully resolved.
“As long as we do not have a concrete commitment from the authorities that the situation will improve, that the people will get their salaries and wages, that they will be paid on time, that the issue of gratuity will be paid to the staff and other issues we will continue to protest. As long as we don’t get those issues resulted, we will continue our protest action and it will begin to take different forms. They need to make sure that the public works get viable projects, we will continue. We are not stopping. We have exhausted all efforts to get the issues sorted out and we have not succeeded and we have resorted to protest action. We don’t stop until we get result,” he said.
as the saying goes every dog has it day blackmoore day must come
big up to dem workers drwin chris st luce terry colbert tony and de others strike till u all very last breathe all u working too hard to get that kind of treatment nobody cares but Jesus knows and he will make a way for u all hang tight God will come through for u all
st luce. st luce, st luce.YOU WAS DE MAIN CONTACT IN LAPLAIN DURING 2009 ELECTION CAMPAGNE, YOUR HOUSE WAS THEIRS, YOUR FAMILY WAS THEIRS, YOUR FOOD WAS THEIRS NOW THEY STAB YOU IN YOUR BACK EAT ALL YOUR FOOD . YOU NOW HAVE TO FACE THE FINANCIAL HUMILIATION AND DISRESPECT THAT YOUR BOTHERS HAVE SHOWN YOU..
ALWAYS REMEMBER “THOSE WHOM THE GODS SEEK TO DESTROY THEY FIRST MAKE THEM MAD”
DONT BE WIMP JUST BE STRONG, WE WERE ALWAYS ON YOUR SIDE.. CAUSE THAT DAY WILL COME
If I put in a hard days work, I expect my salary at the end of the fortnight/month, so why shouldn’t the workers at PWC.
I see this problem as a very bad Management issue. I’m not going to give Mr Letang a pat on the back, because he should have stood up for the workers long ago.
Jobs a scarce , so they dont even have the option of going elsewhere (and Management knows this, I’m sure there getting paid).
Lets hope that someone on the Board has a conscience.
You have them in their balls Letang…Squeeze it with all your might…All of us have to eat!
Man, how can you squeeze people balls when they do not have any?
I think thomas letang should come gwada so damota can show him how to go on strike
dominica gouverment should get more serious,every month they touch they big pay check and the one that working more hard to see if he could give his family a better life don,t get pay,I think everd body in da who work and don’t get pay month end should joints the strike so they could show if they don’t work country cannot progress
Ahh what have we come to. are we trying to do like people in Cuba where some of them work for the state for very little if anything at all. Why are our people treated that way. I wonder if the parl reps and ministers go one month without pay…..Well I don’t think so…..They are probably the first to get paid while the people who are doing the real work are treated like slaves and are not considered…..I think the minister should be the last to get paid if there is anything left to pay them. They are the ones who put the country how it is, letting the chinese and other forigners get all the road works and the poor Dominicans cannot get anything to do…..Man that is so sad and I think all Dominicas should join that protest.
I think dominica need some workers union like guadeloupe,block the whole pwd till you get what you need,
i remember st.luce from LAPLAINE SHOUTING LAAABOOOOURRR!!! POWER!!!!!
now is the time for when we were trying to tell you ,you took no heed!
take it now ALL SHALL EAT WITH LABOUR!!!!!
Letang Boy RESPECT!!! Don’t trust a cool man!
Keep the fire burning!
red.blue or green… see dominicans… all ah we suffer the same… it rains and shines on all roofs… not one set… so use allu votes properly
Skerrit you and the rest of them fellas, pay them man garcon… These people have a family, and i am sure they need to eat too…Dominica is not for one set of people,
And i was saying Letang is weak…GOOD JOB MY BOY…The motto of THE GOOD LABOUR PARTY was “Al;l Shall Eat”…The motto of the Bad Labour Party is “A Few Shall Eat”.Vote wisely next Time.
But where all that passport money going na? Somebody have to pay for that!!!
OH Yes ..Even if it takes time, but people have to give account for that..These TWO issues will never go away (1) Passport sales to criminals and crooks and (2) The attempted murder of GON Emmanuel.
Stand up firm Letang and the crew..I LIKE THAT…If all you see a little fire fly just passing around all you faces, is me that there in spirit with you all…It’s not a soo koo yan!
I am reading some genuine comments and seeing that people are disliking them. Put urself in these people shoes. my dad works at PWC and i have seen the toll it has taken on us. I can say thank God my mum has a good paying salary that can sustain the family but i look at my uncle who also works there and is struggling because bank calling him,mortgage payment late and what ever other little expenses or debts he has can’t be met. its real saddening and a serious issue. Blackmoore and the board not saying anything but i bet all there damn bills pay when other suffering. HAVE A HEART MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant believe Trinidadians paving road and pwc doing a better job it hurts dat is a shame and dem board of directors dont care our cupboards a empty our bills need to be paid we doing a better job in paving den the others we have asphalt plant and jack getting all the projects it hurts we want our monies
People this is all in an effort to make PWD irrelevant so the Chinese can get THEIR property. Think for a while people, isn’t this ironic. this is one of the times in Dominican history that the most roads are being redone, and at the same time PWD workers are crying for salaries , think for a while people , please I beseech you all to think
I WANT TO SYMPATHY WITH THOSE HARD WORKERS AT PWD.I THINK THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY THESE WORKERS WITH IMIDIATE EFFECT.BUT AT THE SAME TIME ONE MUST REMEMBER THAT THE CHINESE PROJECT IS A GIFT TO DOMINICA AND THE GOVERNMENT DONT HAVE MUCH TO DO AS OF HOW THE ROAD WORK GOES.SO PLEASE DON’T BLAME THE CHINESE CAUSE WHEN THEY ARE THROUGH AND THEY LEFT IS U AND I THAT IS GOING TO ENJOY IT.YOU AGREE?
Yayyyyyyyy!!!!! Even if the agents thumbing us down. The message is already out there…
Why is not the plant approved by cabinet that was bought?? And who was paid to excavate the plant site, after RDR proposed to excavate it for free?????????????? Hahahahahahahahahhahahah thumb me down!!!!!
Enough is Enough don’t you all think that we deserve better than that. Come on man we have needs just like you and the others.
The PWC challenge is way beyond labour and employment. It is an economic challenge they are faced with and it is affecting their ability to perform the employment contrats. Strike action will only be effective if the Government gives the PWC the capacity to make an economic difference. I am sure Mr. Letang is aware of this and it may be his strategy to get to the Government by taking action against PWC. I wish to suggest that he focusses on more than one front……he needs to get a more direct way to petition the State.
dem government ppl to wicked we have our bills to pay our wife leaving us we want our money now
our wife leaving us? Or d money gone in spanish hairy bank? And u expect wife to stay!!
lol
Is all you that put them there.. NOT ME FOR SURE!They make right.. NEXT LEVEL of just a few eating.
good ppl protest and dont stop till u all get all u money blackmore needs to go de board needs to go
He need to answer plenty questions before he go…..he KNOW!!!!!! He KNOW pas quittey shapay!!!!
yah dats wat im taking bout…stand up for yourselves and ur family
U KNOW WHAT I MEAN!….WE SICKING OUT TOMORROW….. DOMINICANS!! UNTIL WE GET THE ACCOUNTABILITY WE DESERVE WE SHOULD CLOSE DOWN SHOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1979: A few months ago u said your fridge full your cupboard also and u have money if hurricane damage people house u will not shelter them no way u will not help them and today u crying. 1979 go ask your creater forgiveness for what u said your tongue is dangerous. you are a crooked.
I will agree that I’m crooked, but no devil sitting in position of authority, elected by me cannot beat me at playing cards. It seems u have a file on me! I’m glad u paying attention…. Now find out about the bids that went in for the carib reserve road project without PWC being given the opportunity to make a bid. This is more important than what’s on my fridge.
By the way, I want no forgiveness for what I said, we appear so shocked about certain revelations, like the guy locked up for 26 years while others knew about this…I will not stay silent…to stay silent is to side with the oppressor.. So if u want me to stay quiet and die…why should I offer u shelter when the storm hit, YOU KNEW ALL ALONG IT WAS COMING but like every other non believer you did nothing to guard urself. Now I must lay down and die quiet for your sake?? Fools run to their demise, and no drowning man is taking me and my family down with him.. I more concerned whether my children will forgive me for saying and doing NOTHING!!
All you will know next time around that all you votes have value…NOT TO WASTE IT AS YOU ALL DID IN 2009. KEEP IT UP!
WAWWWWWWW I always thought mister moomoo wi….
Mr. Letang, I am elated to see you have grown some low hanging fruit. forward we go! we want RESULTS!!! now is the perfect time to dive into and address the questionable practices taking place within the PUBLIC WORKS CORPORATION>> can Mr. Blackmoore and the board of Directors and Management PLEASE STAND UP!?!?!?!?!?!?
can u believe there is an article on DNO dated
Friday, April 9th, 2010 three fortnights, no pay- PWC…….can u understand how long this has been going on?????? SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP PATCHING HOLES LIKE IS THE ROAD ALLU FIXING. WE NEED A PREMANENT FIX FOR THIS LONG EXISTING PROBLEM!
KEEP IT UP…! GOOD MOVE Every mouth has to eat, not just the cabal…You all are Dominicans too.