{"id":817066,"date":"2025-01-04T08:16:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/owtu-assures-no-electricity-outage-for-christmas\/"},"modified":"2025-01-04T08:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-04T14:16:47","slug":"owtu-assures-no-electricity-outage-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/04\/owtu-assures-no-electricity-outage-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"OWTU assures no electricity outage for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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RAD\u00adHI\u00adCA DE SIL\u00adVA<\/span><\/p>\n

Se\u00adnior Mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia Re\u00adporter<\/span><\/p>\n

rad\u00adhi\u00adca.sookraj<\/span><\/p>\n

@guardian.co.tt<\/span><\/p>\n

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Days af\u00adter T&TEC ob\u00adtained an ex\u00adtend\u00aded in\u00adjunc\u00adtion to pre\u00advent pick\u00adet\u00ading, the Oil\u00adfield Work\u00aders Trade Union (OW\u00adTU) is deny\u00ading al\u00adle\u00adga\u00adtions of any im\u00adpend\u00ading in\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal ac\u00adtion. <\/p>\n

Pres\u00adi\u00addent Gen\u00ader\u00adal An\u00adcel Ro\u00adget, yes\u00adter\u00adday, as\u00adsured that the elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty sup\u00adply will re\u00admain re\u00adli\u00adable dur\u00ading the Christ\u00admas sea\u00adson if T&TEC pro\u00advides the nec\u00ades\u00adsary tools and equip\u00adment.<\/p>\n

Speak\u00ading dur\u00ading a press con\u00adfer\u00adence, Ro\u00adget said the in\u00adjunc\u00adtion ob\u00adtained by T&TEC threat\u00adens the union with de\u00adcer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and im\u00adpris\u00adon\u00adment for its ex\u00adec\u00adu\u00adtives if it is vi\u00ado\u00adlat\u00aded.<\/p>\n

Ro\u00adget in\u00adsist\u00aded that work\u00aders are not en\u00adgag\u00ading in in\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal ac\u00adtion. \u201cIt\u2019s in\u00adjunc\u00adtion af\u00adter in\u00adjunc\u00adtion while the un\u00adder\u00adly\u00ading is\u00adsues are not be\u00ading ad\u00addressed and that will lead to cat\u00ada\u00adstroph\u00adic fail\u00adure and fa\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adties, the likes of which we don\u2019t want to see,\u201d Ro\u00adget said.<\/p>\n

He not\u00aded that T&TEC\u2019s fleet of trucks was de\u00adfec\u00adtive.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen tragedy hap\u00adpens then peo\u00adple sit up and take no\u00adtice. We are see\u00ading the tragedy in the mak\u00ading be\u00adcause peo\u00adple do not have the req\u00adui\u00adsite ma\u00adte\u00adri\u00adals and tools to work,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ro\u00adget al\u00adso claimed that T&TEC work\u00aders were forced to work ex\u00adtra time and dou\u00adble shifts.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have peo\u00adple do\u00ading high volt\u00adage work and they are fa\u00adtigued,\u201d Ro\u00adget al\u00adleged. He al\u00adso claimed that un\u00adtrained and un\u00adqual\u00adi\u00adfied con\u00adtrac\u00adtors were be\u00ading brought to do work.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe call for an in\u00adquiry in\u00adto the cor\u00adrupt con\u00adtract sys\u00adtem that is al\u00adlowed to con\u00adtin\u00adue at T&TEC. Why it is that you are not fol\u00adlow\u00ading pro\u00adce\u00addures? Why do you have work\u00aders do\u00ading over\u00adtime? Over\u00adtime is a symp\u00adtom of poor man\u00adage\u00adment but I am not sure the Min\u00adis\u00adter will in\u00adves\u00adti\u00adgate that,\u201d Ro\u00adget said.<\/p>\n

Mean\u00adwhile, OW\u00adTU Vice Pres\u00adi\u00addent Reesa Ram\u00adlo\u00adgan-Jod\u00adha high\u00adlight\u00aded sev\u00ader\u00adal health and safe\u00adty con\u00adcerns. She com\u00adplained about garbage ac\u00adcu\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion at the Dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion Cen\u00adtral in Point Lisas Gar\u00addens, which she said has at\u00adtract\u00aded ro\u00addents and snakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur crews have to in\u00adter\u00adact with that heap when they go to put ma\u00adte\u00adri\u00adals. We al\u00adso have crim\u00adi\u00adnals go\u00ading to that area,\u201d she claimed.<\/p>\n

She al\u00adso ac\u00adcused T&TEC of breach\u00ading the col\u00adlec\u00adtive agree\u00adment re\u00adlat\u00aded to work\u00ader health and safe\u00adty.<\/p>\n

\u201cMan\u00adage\u00adment is bul\u00adly\u00ading work\u00aders in\u00adto work\u00ading with ex\u00adpired per\u00admits be\u00adcause they have failed to have re\u00adtrain\u00ading of op\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtors of lift trucks. An un\u00adtrained dri\u00adver is a recipe for dis\u00adas\u00adter. One can mis\u00adread sig\u00adnals, that is death be\u00adcause these are high-ten\u00adsion wires,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She al\u00adso com\u00adplained about de\u00adfec\u00adtive trucks and tools and in\u00adsuf\u00adfi\u00adcient per\u00adson\u00adal pro\u00adtec\u00adtive equip\u00adment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe man\u00adpow\u00ader au\u00addit has gone through the door be\u00adcause there is a need for more man\u00adpow\u00ader. We\u00a0have in the sub\u00adsta\u00adtions, trans\u00adform\u00aders that are leak\u00ading oil in\u00adto the wa\u00adter\u00adways. We have un\u00adtrained con\u00adtrac\u00adtors work\u00ading on our sys\u00adtems. Ac\u00adci\u00addents be\u00ading cov\u00adered up,\u201d Ram\u00adlo\u00adgan-Jod\u00adha al\u00adleged.<\/p>\n

She al\u00adso echoed Ro\u00adget\u2019s de\u00adnial of in\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal ac\u00adtion and em\u00adpha\u00adsised the union\u2019s con\u00adcerns about un\u00adsafe work\u00ading con\u00addi\u00adtions. When con\u00adtact\u00aded for com\u00adment via What\u00adsApp, Min\u00adis\u00adter of Pub\u00adlic Util\u00adi\u00adties Mar\u00advin Gon\u00adza\u00adles de\u00adclined to ad\u00address the con\u00adcerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have no views. Did you ask them whether it is ap\u00adpro\u00adpri\u00adate to go to a Min\u00adis\u00adter\u2019s home to ha\u00adrass his fam\u00adi\u00adly and trau\u00adma\u00adtise a peace\u00adful com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty? If I can\u2019t get an\u00adswers to that or if the me\u00addia is not in\u00adter\u00adest\u00aded in that, then I have no com\u00adments,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Ear\u00adli\u00ader this week, the In\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal Court grant\u00aded T&TEC an ex\u00adten\u00adsion to the in\u00adjunc\u00adtion, first or\u00addered on De\u00adcem\u00adber 2, against the OW\u00adTU which pre\u00advents the union from pick\u00adet\u00ading the homes of var\u00adi\u00adous of\u00adfi\u00adcials of T&TEC. On No\u00advem\u00adber 8, work\u00aders protest\u00aded out\u00adside Gon\u00adza\u00adles\u2019s home in Ari\u00adma.<\/p>\n

The in\u00adjunc\u00adtion was grant\u00aded to \u201cpre\u00advent fur\u00adther acts of un\u00adlaw\u00adful in\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal ac\u00adtion\u201d by the union.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

RADHICA DE SILVA
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RAD\u00adHI\u00adCA DE SIL\u00adVA Se\u00adnior Mul\u00adti\u00adme\u00addia Re\u00adporter rad\u00adhi\u00adca.sookraj @guardian.co.tt \u00a0 Days af\u00adter T&TEC ob\u00adtained an ex\u00adtend\u00aded in\u00adjunc\u00adtion to pre\u00advent pick\u00adet\u00ading, the Oil\u00adfield Work\u00aders Trade Union (OW\u00adTU) is deny\u00ading al\u00adle\u00adga\u00adtions of any im\u00adpend\u00ading in\u00addus\u00adtri\u00adal ac\u00adtion. Pres\u00adi\u00addent Gen\u00ader\u00adal An\u00adcel Ro\u00adget, yes\u00adter\u00adday, as\u00adsured that the elec\u00adtric\u00adi\u00adty sup\u00adply will re\u00admain re\u00adli\u00adable dur\u00ading the Christ\u00admas sea\u00adson if T&TEC pro\u00advides the nec\u00ades\u00adsary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":817067,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33352,34338],"tags":[95644,13082],"class_list":{"0":"post-817066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-assures","8":"category-electricity","9":"tag-assures","10":"tag-electricity"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=817066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/817066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=817066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=817066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=817066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}