Caribbean Report 01-05-2000

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Ken (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lew (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Orin (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBoyer, Ken (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGibb, Tom (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Lorette (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorSelwin, John (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorGuiseppe, Robert (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorRamphal, Shridath
dc.contributor.authorAndrew, Kimberly (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorJones, Megan (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorTodd, Michael (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-31T16:27:48Z
dc.date.available2019-05-31T16:27:48Z
dc.date.issued2000-05-01
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Even while several Caribbean countries are celebrating Labour Day, industrial disputes involving teachers, Port workers, and employees of the Grenada Broadcasting Network, are taking place in Grenada. Teachers have rejected government’s wage offer. Negotiations continue in an effort to resolve the disputes. (00:27-02:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. The Vincentian government is spending Labour Day dealing with calls from the Opposition and Public Sector Workers Union for the James Mitchell administration to resign because the government had pushed through a Bill approving pay rises for Members of Parliament although it had significantly lowered recently requested wage increase for public sector workers. (02:43-03:45)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. May Day is currently taking place in Communist Cuba, and President Fidel Castro is having vast rallies and long speeches under the theme “Elian”. Millions usually attend the May Day celebrations, but they are promising to make this the biggest Elian rally yet. (3:46- 04:10)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Guyana is celebrating May Day, but Guyana’s Public Service Union (PSU) will not participate in the State-sponsored event. The PSU is objecting to the presence of Guyana’s Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GARU) which has close ties to the ruling party and did not support the TUC’s wage demand and strike. (04:11-04:47)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Lorette Clarkson, President of Grenada Public Workers Union has said that the Caribbean have advanced with regards to the behavior of Trade Unions, as “we have moved out from the role of confrontation and are employing dialogue, discussion and dissemination of information. The idea is to have harmonious co-existence between trade unions and governments”. Ms Clarkson was responding to a question from Ken Richards as to how advanced the Trade Union Movement in the Caribbean is at the start of the 21st century. (04:48-08:32)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Workers in Trinidad and Tobago have been celebrating Labour Day on the streets, with about 2000 Union members representing four or five Unions. One Trade Unionist, Robert Guiseppe, said that the issues facing workers in Trinidad and Tobago range around legal recognition and the passage of industrial laws to better protect workers. (08:33-10:14)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Cuba has withdrawn from the LOME Successor Agreement due to be signed in June between the European Union and the African, Caribbean, Pacific group of countries, because of European support for the recent UN resolution concerning Cuba’s Human Rights record. (10:15-13:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Anti-capitalist protesters were gathering in London’s Parliament Square for a peaceful demonstration likened to a carnival atmosphere; but some broke from the group and went to the Prime Minister’s residence where they were met by police in riot gear. They then moved to Trafalgar Square where they trashed a McDonald’s restaurant. The protesters said capitalism is robbing the poor to give to the rich. The police are now standing by. (13:36-15:21)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:26)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15:21en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR3093en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46865
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial relations - - Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor dispute - - Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical ethicsen_US
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial relations - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes - - Saint Vincent and the Grenadinesen_US
dc.subject.lcshSaint Vincent and the Grenadines - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCastro, Fidel, 1926-2016en_US
dc.subject.lcshGonzalez, Elian, 1993-en_US
dc.subject.lcshGuyana - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial relations - - Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor disputes - - Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions - - Guyanaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions - - Grenadaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLabor unions - - Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshIndustrial relations - - Trinidad and Tobagoen_US
dc.subject.lcshTrinidad and Tobago - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.subject.lcshCuba - - International relationsen_US
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights - - Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshPolitical violence - - Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshDemonstrations - - Great Britainen_US
dc.subject.lcshGreat Britain - - Politics and governmenten_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 01-05-2000en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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