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Shutdown looms at Sangster Airport
2009-11-13 13:43:53 | (0 Comments)
A possible shutdown is looming at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James as several categories of critical workers are now off the job.
It’s understood that the strike action by the workers employed to MBJ Airports Limited, has already led to delays in some flights.
Two flights from Air Jamaica were affected.
A source from the national airline says Flight 44 was diverted from the Sangster airport to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Flight 38 was also delayed.
General Secretary of the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees, UTASP, St. Patrice Ennis says the workers are upset over the non-implementation of a reclassification exercise, which was due in April.
Mr. Ennis says the workers are also disgruntled because the airport’s management unilaterally decided not to hire the children of employees for holiday jobs and has stopped offering scholarships.
He also says the airport’s management has threatened to shutdown the airport rather than address the workers’ concerns.
Mr. Ennis says more than 100 workers from several categories are involved in the industrial action.
2009-11-13 13:43:53 | (0 Comments)
A possible shutdown is looming at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, St James as several categories of critical workers are now off the job.
It’s understood that the strike action by the workers employed to MBJ Airports Limited, has already led to delays in some flights.
Two flights from Air Jamaica were affected.
A source from the national airline says Flight 44 was diverted from the Sangster airport to the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
Flight 38 was also delayed.
General Secretary of the Union of Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees, UTASP, St. Patrice Ennis says the workers are upset over the non-implementation of a reclassification exercise, which was due in April.
Mr. Ennis says the workers are also disgruntled because the airport’s management unilaterally decided not to hire the children of employees for holiday jobs and has stopped offering scholarships.
He also says the airport’s management has threatened to shutdown the airport rather than address the workers’ concerns.
Mr. Ennis says more than 100 workers from several categories are involved in the industrial action.
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