Ah boy! The armchair politicians starting to act up. Where was Racquel Strachan when union members were reeling from hurricane matthew last year? Not lifting a bloody finger. Where were the others?
Give credit where it is due -barely has the hotel re-opened that people are flocking in again! The Sandals brand remains important, and the value it adds is important to any government, its important to the Bahamas ultimately.
What hypocrisy! Suddenly the AG is being praised when these same men vilified her for similar action taken regarding the Sandals employees, I daresay for similar reasons. Says a lot about their character!
Isn't it ironic that on one hand you have so much venom being spewed at Sandals by the unions - and then it takes a Hurricane to highlight the importance of the resort to the Bahamas. Hmmm, I do hope repairs go well and speedily, for the sake of the folks there.
I really can't imagine it would be so terrible to the point where it can't be resolved internally. But there is much more in the mortar than the pestle ...
Rue what day? Sandals has 24 other properties including in Exuma Island. How many Sandals does Bahamas have? Sandals has nothing to lose here, the workers on the other hand have everything to lose. The unions are not God, and its about time someone takes them on!
What madness is this? We are going to disrupt this beautiful country because you fail to prosecute two company officials for a reason that is not even clear? I still do not know what the issue was at Sandals other than the union upset they could not get their tendrils into another fruit to suck dry! Was this about pay? Not if you judge by some of the redundancy packages, people were clearly being paid well. Was this about working conditions? Come on, this is a six-star hotel, the conditions will be above excellent. This is about ego, it’s about self-aggrandizement, and it is about the perpetuation of archaic power posited in the bosoms of a few dinosaurs! What message do you think you send to foreign investors by criminally prosecuting their senior employees? But clearly the Bahamas doesn’t need investors, we will just rely on our manufacturing sector and oil sector when things get tough right? Come on Bahamians, recognize this madness for what it is – it’s about whether you will have jobs in the first place. These men cannot represent you if there is nothing or no place to represent you at. Think!
To this day I can't recall hearing exactly how badly Sandals was supposed to have been treating employees. Was it pay? Some of them left with such sizeable packages they were sure to be getting a good salary. Was it working conditions? Really? At a six star resort? Come on..... Or does this all boil down to the unions? Of course it does. This is not about the welfare of the workers and people of the Bahamas, its about unions trying to get their tentacles into another fruit they would like to suck dry - the workers are nothing more than a chit to be used to that end. Let's not be blindsided by any talk of workers welfare - a man or woman gainfully employed is a proper thing to have!
Theobserver1 says...
oh my dear! Once this starts, then we can only imagine where it will be going. You guys serious?
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Theobserver1 says...
Spot on sheeprunner. Agree 100%
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Theobserver1 says...
Ah boy! The armchair politicians starting to act up. Where was Racquel Strachan when union members were reeling from hurricane matthew last year? Not lifting a bloody finger. Where were the others?
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Theobserver1 says...
Give credit where it is due -barely has the hotel re-opened that people are flocking in again! The Sandals brand remains important, and the value it adds is important to any government, its important to the Bahamas ultimately.
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Theobserver1 says...
What hypocrisy!
Suddenly the AG is being praised when these same men vilified her for similar action taken regarding the Sandals employees, I daresay for similar reasons.
Says a lot about their character!
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Theobserver1 says...
Isn't it ironic that on one hand you have so much venom being spewed at Sandals by the unions - and then it takes a Hurricane to highlight the importance of the resort to the Bahamas. Hmmm, I do hope repairs go well and speedily, for the sake of the folks there.
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Theobserver1 says...
I really can't imagine it would be so terrible to the point where it can't be resolved internally. But there is much more in the mortar than the pestle ...
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Posted 30 September 2016, 9:25 a.m. Suggest removal
Theobserver1 says...
Rue what day? Sandals has 24 other properties including in Exuma Island. How many Sandals does Bahamas have? Sandals has nothing to lose here, the workers on the other hand have everything to lose. The unions are not God, and its about time someone takes them on!
On Unions warn members to ‘get ready for battle’ over nolle prosequi issue
Posted 29 September 2016, 3:16 p.m. Suggest removal
Theobserver1 says...
What madness is this?
We are going to disrupt this beautiful country because you fail to prosecute two company officials for a reason that is not even clear?
I still do not know what the issue was at Sandals other than the union upset they could not get their tendrils into another fruit to suck dry!
Was this about pay? Not if you judge by some of the redundancy packages, people were clearly being paid well.
Was this about working conditions? Come on, this is a six-star hotel, the conditions will be above excellent.
This is about ego, it’s about self-aggrandizement, and it is about the perpetuation of archaic power posited in the bosoms of a few dinosaurs!
What message do you think you send to foreign investors by criminally prosecuting their senior employees? But clearly the Bahamas doesn’t need investors, we will just rely on our manufacturing sector and oil sector when things get tough right?
Come on Bahamians, recognize this madness for what it is – it’s about whether you will have jobs in the first place.
These men cannot represent you if there is nothing or no place to represent you at.
Think!
On Unions warn members to ‘get ready for battle’ over nolle prosequi issue
Posted 29 September 2016, 2:19 p.m. Suggest removal
Theobserver1 says...
To this day I can't recall hearing exactly how badly Sandals was supposed to have been treating employees.
Was it pay? Some of them left with such sizeable packages they were sure to be getting a good salary.
Was it working conditions? Really? At a six star resort? Come on.....
Or does this all boil down to the unions?
Of course it does. This is not about the welfare of the workers and people of the Bahamas, its about unions trying to get their tentacles into another fruit they would like to suck dry - the workers are nothing more than a chit to be used to that end.
Let's not be blindsided by any talk of workers welfare - a man or woman gainfully employed is a proper thing to have!
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Posted 29 September 2016, 12:16 p.m. Suggest removal