An­cel Ro­get has been re-elect­ed un­op­posed as pres­i­dent gen­er­al of the Oil­field Work­ers’ Trade Union (OW­TU) for a sev­enth con­sec­u­tive term. Ro­get and his Rebel Slate will lead the union from 2025 to 2028.

A state­ment from the union yes­ter­day stat­ed that Ro­get and his team were un­op­posed on Feb­ru­ary 12, the nom­i­na­tion day, au­to­mat­i­cal­ly se­cur­ing his slate’s lead­er­ship for the up­com­ing term. 

The OW­TU’s elec­tions were ini­tial­ly sched­uled for March 10, but with no op­pos­ing can­di­dates, the nom­i­na­tions ef­fec­tive­ly con­firmed the new ex­ec­u­tive.

The union said this year’s nom­i­na­tions marked a sig­nif­i­cant mile­stone, with four women se­cur­ing ex­ec­u­tive com­mit­tee po­si­tions for the first time. It said there has al­so been in­creased rep­re­sen­ta­tion from younger mem­bers.

The OW­TU said among the key changes—Ste­fan Quashie, of T&TEC To­ba­go, has been ap­point­ed vice pres­i­dent, while Crys­tal Boland of Na­tion­al Pe­tro­le­um Mar­ket­ing Co takes over as ex­ec­u­tive trustee, re­plac­ing out­go­ing mem­bers Ray­mond Hug­gins and Mar­cus Cord­ner. The union said Johnathan Bowen, of T&TEC Port-of-Spain, has been pro­mot­ed from ex­ec­u­tive trustee to vice pres­i­dent.

The OW­TU said it re­mains com­mit­ted to strength­en­ing its ad­vo­ca­cy for work­ers’ rights and de­fend­ing its mem­bers and the wider work­ing class with a re­newed and more di­verse lead­er­ship. —Ot­to Car­ring­ton

OW­TU Ex­ec­u­tive Com­mit­tee

Pres­i­dent Gen­er­al: An­cel Ro­get

Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary: Richard Lee

As­sis­tant Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary: An­tho­ny Bap­tiste

1st Vice Pres­i­dent: Sati Ga­jad­har-In­niss

2nd Vice Pres­i­dent: Reesa Ram­lo­gan-Jod­ha

Vice Pres­i­dents: Ernesto Ke­sar, Johnathan Bowen, Ste­fan Quashie

Trea­sur­er: Ozzi War­wick

Trustees: Crys­tal Boland, Janelle Thomas, Ricky Ben­ny