Prime Minister says he did not authorize the use of force in industrial crisis

Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has denied authorizing the use of armed forces on striking workers of the Grenada Breweries Limited on Wednesday.

President of TAWU arrested

President General of the Technical and Allied Workers Union (TAWU) has been arrested for attempting to obstruct delivery trucks of the Grenada Breweries from leaving the Grand Anse compound on Tuesday morning.

Sea Port workers in Grenada on Strike

Port workers in Grenada have downed tools in protest over the Grenada Port Authority’s failure to pay some EC$379,000.00 in Arbitration Awards.

A temporary ceasefire in the TAWU-LIAT battle

An agreement by LIAT workers to accept half a million EC dollars has brought a temporary end to an 11-day industrial action at the Maurice Bishop International Airport.

At about 2pm on Thursday, following a ballot, workers agreed to accept the proposal of 500-thousand dollars as part of the monies owed them by the Company and to take the rest of the matter to arbitration.