Bridgetown.
The Barbados Workers Union (BWU) the oldest trade union on the island has withdrawn from the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) and therefore no longer has a voice among the social partnership.
Speaking to the media after the launch of the May Day celebrations at Solidarity House, Harmony Hall, St Michael, general secretary of the BWU Sir Roy Trotman showed correspondence between the union, the Ministry of Labour and CTUSAB chronicling the deteriorating relationship between the entities, ending with two letters with today's date informing the ministry and CTUSAB they were no longer a member of the latter body.
The veteran trade unionist outlined a number of reasons why this decision had been made.
He noted one of them included moves to prevent the BWU from representing Barbados at the International Labour Organization session in Geneva, Switzerland in June.
