{"id":319727,"date":"2024-03-29T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=319727"},"modified":"2024-03-29T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:02:14","slug":"trade-union-congress-would-strengthen-voice-of-collective-unions-says-letang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/trade-union-congress-would-strengthen-voice-of-collective-unions-says-letang\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade union congress would strengthen voice of collective unions, says Letang"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_319730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-319730\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-319730\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Thomas-Letang.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-319730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Letang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang has expressed the need for a steering committee for a trade union congress in Dominica. Letang who was speaking during the Creole Heartbeat Program held recently said unionists in Dominica are not taking this with the level of seriousness that it deserves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many benefits of the congress which include a single, unified voice speaking on behalf of the various unions. The TUC will merge local trade unions into one entity and will represent a greater and stronger voice for trade unions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe PSU had a position that we would have been able to bring some of the other trade unions together and we would have at least tried to set up a steering committee for a trade union congress,\u201d he said. \u201cI must say, that it hurts me, I am in pain to see it, that it appears that some trade unionists are not taking this in with the level of the seriousness that it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, the initiative to establish a Trade Union Congress started before the advent of e-mail.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhat we had at that time was typewriters and fax machines,\u201d Letang explained. \u201cBefore 2001 several attempts were made with the Dominica Public Service Union and the Waterfront and Allied Workers Union heading that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cIn 2008 a draft constitution prepared by [the late] Kertiste Augustus and myself was circulated among the trade unions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, Letang said the effort has been frustrating because of backbiting, open, unfair, and unnecessary criticism, and a lack of constructive contribution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The DPSU held its general meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang has expressed the need for a steering committee for a trade union congress in Dominica. 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