LISTEN: PM Wants Ex-LIAT Workers to Form Alliance to Negotiate Severance

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has urged former LIAT employees to form an alliance and negotiate their severance pay with the government.

The government’s initial offer to the former workers was a 50 percent compassion payment in cash and bonds, which amounts to EC$110 million but this has since been reduced to 32% in addition to cash, bonds and scholarships

However, the Antigua and Barbuda Workers Union (ABWU) has been advocating for a 100 percent severance payment to the former airline employees.

The ABWU has been calling on the government, which was a major shareholder in the airline, to negotiate a fair and amicable settlement.
The government, on the other hand, has accused the union of not negotiating in good faith.