FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2025
VOLUME 119, No.17
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Above: Workers of the Ministry of Education on Tuesday, April 22, took to sitting outside the main building of the Ministry to further extend the seriousness to their complaints of unhealthy working conditions. Right: Desrita Gilkes-Boucher, Public Relations Officer (PRO) and 2nd Vice President of the Public Service Union (PSU), confirmed the decision to relocate and the places identified.
90 plus workers to the former teachers training THE PROCESS OF college at Arnos Vale, and TEMPORARILY RELOCATING upstairs the building WORKERS assigned to the occupied by the Ministry of Education was telecommunications expected to commence on company FLOW in April 24. Kingstown. Desrita Gilkes-Boucher, Senior education Public Relations Officer officials were expected to (PRO) and 2nd Vice meet with staff to work President of the Public out the logistics, GilkesService Union (PSU), told Boucher said. THE VINCENTIAN that She added that the following a meeting process of relocating staff between members of the to the facility at Arnos union and Education Vale was expected to officials on April 23, the commence immediately, decision was taken to however some retrofitting relocate temporarily the was required at the by DAYLE DA SILVA
Stains on the ceiling are indicative of mould and other developments that, according to the workers, are dangerous to their health especially with prolonged exposure.
building occupied by FLOW in Kingstown. Workers assigned to that location were told that that facility would be ready shortly. The decision to relocate the workers was taken after employees at the Ministry of Education staged a ‘sit out’ on April 22, following complaints of mould within both buildings located on the compound of BRAGSA in Kingstown. Several members of staff were reported to have falling ill. Continued on Page 3.