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The Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Training was slapped with an injunction on Monday forcing the government agency to hold off on an election poll that was to be held today to decide which union would represent line-staff employees at the Sandals Royal Bahamian resort.Labour Director Harcourt Brown confirmed with The Guardian that the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU), in conjunction with Sandals management, stopped the voting process. "This injunction pretty much ties our hands so there won't be any poll until such time as that injunction has been dealt with," Mr Brown disclosed.
For months, the BHCAWU and the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) have been battling for the right to be the bargaining agent for the all-inclusive resort employees.
Let the workers decide
There is one very good reason why the Bahamas Hotel Maintenance and Allied Workers Union (BHMAWU) and the Bahamas Hotel Catering and Allied Workers Union (BHCAWU) are engaged in a heated dispute over which one of them should represent the non-managerial workers at Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort. That reason is money.For years, the BHCAWU, thanks to a 1979 amendment to the Industrial Relations Act, has been a cash cow, arguably the richest union in this country.
The amendment gave the union the right to establish an "agency shop" in hotels throughout the country, once it had gained the support of more than 50 percent of the employees of a hotel.
The establishment of an agency shop empowered the BHCAWU to have a set amount deducted as dues, not only from the salaries of its members, but all employees.
Simmons to be honoured
In appreciation of his many years of hard work, the Bahamas Public Service Choir will be honouring their Founder and Director, Mr. Harry Livingstone Simmons on November 3rd at the Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort.Mr. Simmons who is presently employed at the Department of Immigration where he serves as Senior Immigration Officer, began his early education at Southern Prep, Eastern Prep, Eastern Junior, Eastern Senior and then the Bahamas Baptist High School.
A devout Christian and one who enjoys working for the Lord, he attends the Church of God of Prophecy East Street, where he is an active member. In 1978, he married the love of his life Louise Marion Simmons nee Butler. They are the proud parents of Revaughn Germaine. The couple have been married for 28 years.