Carisa Lee

Port of Spain City Cor­po­ra­tion work­ers are call­ing for an elec­tion to re­place cur­rent Amal­ga­mat­ed Work­ers' Union pres­i­dent Micheal Pren­tice.

"He has passed his time...we need a union who cares who takes care of its own," work­er Andy Scott said.

Scott and oth­er work­ers made the call dur­ing a peace­ful protest on Mon­day morn­ing. He said they are be­ing ne­glect­ed by the union even though they pay their fort­night­ly fees of $35.

"This man like he just aban­doned the work­ers...em­ploy­ees do not have the right ma­te­r­i­al, equip­ment, and parts to do the job ef­fec­tive­ly," he said.

Scott who has worked with the cor­po­ra­tion for over 40 years said an­oth­er is­sue is that Pren­tice signed off on the Gov­ern­ment's four per cent of­fer with­out prop­er con­sul­ta­tion.

"The Amal­ga­mat­ed Work­ers' Union is a sell­out union," he shout­ed.

Guardian Me­dia reached out to Pren­tice who said he will con­sult with the Port of Spain City Cor­po­ra­tion work­ers soon. He al­so added that elec­tions can be held this year and were de­layed be­cause of the pan­dem­ic.