The protest march by a con­fed­er­a­tion of trade unions on Fri­day 12 Au­gust 2022, is ex­pect­ed to end at the Er­ic Williams Fi­nance Com­plex on In­de­pen­dence Square, which hous­es the Cen­tral Bank (in the tow­er fac­ing Wright­son Road), and the Min­istry of Fi­nance (which is clos­er to In­de­pen­dence Square).

The three labour unions lead­ing the march on Fri­day are the Na­tion­al Trade Union Cen­tre (NATUC), Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM), and Fed­er­a­tion of In­de­pen­dent Trade Unions (FI­TUN).

At a me­dia con­fer­ence on Tues­day, JTUM pres­i­dent An­cel Ro­get con­firmed that the fed­er­a­tions will be protest­ing against the Gov­ern­ment’s con­tin­ued four per cent of­fer to pub­lic sec­tor work­ers, as well as to show sol­i­dar­i­ty with Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) work­ers, with the com­pa­ny sched­uled to un­der­go re­struc­tur­ing.

A joint re­lease is­sued by the trade union fed­er­a­tions this morn­ing says protest march par­tic­i­pants will gath­er at the Band Stand on the Bri­an Lara Prom­e­nade in Port of Spain at 9:00 am.

Once as­sem­bled, the marchers will de­part at 10:00 am, ac­com­pa­nied by three mu­sic trucks, along the fol­low­ing route:

●   East along North In­de­pen­dence Square North.

●   Turn North and con­tin­ue along Hen­ry Street.

●   Turn West and con­tin­ue on Gor­don Street.

●   Turn South and con­tin­ue along Fred­er­ick Street.

●   Turn East on In­de­pen­dence Square South around the Cipri­ani Stat­ue and pro­ceed West along In­de­pen­dence Square South.

●   Turn North on Aber­crom­by Street and con­tin­ue along Aber­crom­by Street.

●   Turn West and con­tin­ue on Gor­don Street.

●   Turn south on Rich­mond Street.

●   Con­tin­ue south along Rich­mond Street.

●   End on the Bri­an Lara Prom­e­nade op­po­site the Er­ic Williams Fi­nan­cial Com­plex.

The up­com­ing protest march on Fri­day is the sec­ond to be held in 2022, as the trade union fed­er­a­tions al­so staged one in May.