RAD­HI­CA DE SIL­VA
rad­hi­ca.sookraj@guardian.co.tt

Work­ers of Lennox Pe­tro­le­um who have been protest­ing for their back pay since No­vem­ber, es­ca­lat­ed their ac­tion on Thurs­day morn­ing by bring­ing their chil­dren out to protest.

As they de­mand­ed that the com­pa­ny pay what is due, the work­ers brought their wives and chil­dren to the front with the hope of per­suad­ing the com­pa­ny to pay.

But the com­pa­ny of­fi­cials stayed in­doors.

The chil­dren held up plac­ards which read, “Pay the work­ers to please” and “God doesn't like wicked­ness”.  One child begged Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley to get in­volved.

The work­ers had won two court cas­es at the In­dus­tri­al Court and the Court of Ap­peal which ruled that the com­pa­ny had un­til No­vem­ber 23 to pay $US 9 mil­lion in retroac­tive pay­ment.

How­ev­er, Lennox Pe­tro­le­um is deny­ing that it has to pay the mon­ey, say­ing no mon­ey is owed and that the mat­ter has been ap­pealed and will be heard in June next year.

Guardian Me­dia will bring you more in an­oth­er up­date.