The OTML Allied Workers Union strike heads into day 15

-
Wednesday 14th April, 2010

This morning OTML Allied Workers Union members were addressed by the delegation from the office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
The advised that 1600 plus crowd that the SISS deed was "rigid' and that by law there was no way anyone could change it. But they also gave options amonsgt others such as;

  • Have a representative from the OTML Allied Workers Union along with a nutural person in the SISS trust board.
  • Have the SISS thrown out and look at other possibilities to benefit all
They also said that their presence in OK TEDI was to act as a mediator between OTML management and the OTML Allied Workers Union and it's workers.

But while meeting with the Union to discuss further on possible solutions, the Union was served with a court order, ordering workers to return to work while progress on possible solutions to solve the issue were been discussed.

Upon recieving this, the Union executives notified the OTML Allied Workers Union members who further expressed their anger but encouraged each other to stand united to fight for "a fair distribution of the SISS monies".

The Union has also hired the services of a lawyer who has taken the case on. The lawyer us due to fly into Tabubil tomorrow to get updated and take the case forward.

The lawyer initially asked the union executives to advice the members to return to work while the case was worked on but this was refused. However, he went on to say that he would apply for a restraining order for the moment.

In the meantime, the news of the support of the PNG Trade Union Congress and it's member unions has been well received by the OTML Allied Workers Union members.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Rhythm Road the Johnny Rogers Band

-
Port Moresby, November 9, 2010 — Rhythm Road the Johnny Rogers Band arrived in Port Moresby November 6 to the enjoyment of local jazz lovers. Following in the footsteps of such musical legends as Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillepsie, and Duke Ellington, it is one of 10 American quartets specializing in jazz, hip-hop, blues and bluegrass touring internationally. The U.S. State Department sponsored the visit. The Johnny Rogers Band — John Rogers, Brian Glassman, Joseph Ravo, Daniel Mallon and manager Shana Bromberg — kicked off its five-day tour by rocking the socks of an A List gathering of diplomats, business executives, PNG government officials and members of the Port Moresby artistic and cultural community at the residence of U.S. Ambassador Teddy Taylor and wife Antoinette Corbin-Taylor November 7. Despite murky skies, no rain materialized. A power cut during its rendition of Mustang Sally had the crowd cheering for more. The Band also set up a number of music workshops to teach u...
Read more

Papua New Guinea: Kimbe BayCenter of Coral Diversity

-
Image
Papua New Guinea is truly a beautiful place. If we keep a positive, patriotic attitude we can preserve our country's natural resources for generations to come. This is taken off the Nature Conservancy website. You can help protect the world's most beautiful and diverse habitats when you Adopt a Coral Reef today. One of the most biologically diverse marine environments on the planet, Kimbe Bay is home to a wealth of colorful hard and soft corals, 12 different species of marine mammals and hundreds of species of fish. In fact, scientists have recorded at least 860 species of coral reef fish in Kimbe Bay and more than half of the world's coral species can be found here. The bay's wide variety of marine habitats — coral reefs, mangroves, seagrasses, deep ocean waters and seamounts —make it an ideal home for whales, dolphins, turtles and sharks. A World under Threat Kimbe Bay is a prime target for exploitation by the destructive international live reef fish tr...
Read more

Smithsonian Team Visits PNG

-
By Carolyn Ive January 26, 2011, Port Moresby -- A team from the Smithsonian Natural History Museum visited Papua New Guinea on a fact-finding mission January 13-22. According to the director of the museum, Christian Samper, the purpose of the trip was to highlight the work of the Smithsonian, while offering assistance to PNG’s National Museum. Possible areas of cooperation include documenting and sustaining endangered languages and knowledge. “When a language disappears, knowledge crucial to understanding, humanity and the natural world is lost forever,” said Joshua Bell, curator for Globalization. Bell began his anthropological research in the Purari Delta in 2000. “Languages are disappearing fast, and with it goes the knowledge,” said Bell. “This issue has become a major area of research,” he said. The team also travelled to Goroka and Madang, meeting with Kristofer Helgen, mammal curator at the Papua New Guinea Institute for Biological Research, and the Binatang Research Cent...
Read more

OFFICE of the MEMBER for KIKORI OPEN