ABWU Slams Jumby Bay for “Cruel and Unjust” Firing of Six Workers
Union warns of possible picket as dispute escalates
The Antigua and Barbuda Workers’ Union (ABWU) is condemning what it describes as the “shockingly cruel” and “wholly unacceptable” dismissal of six employees from Jumby Bay Resort (JBR), after the workers reportedly ended their shifts early due to illness.
According to the union, the terminations followed internal hearings during which ABWU repeatedly urged the resort’s management to apply fairness, good judgement, and basic human decency—warnings the union says were flatly ignored.
In a sharply worded statement, the ABWU said the resort’s decision to impose “the harshest and most punitive outcome possible” reflects an alarming disregard for worker dignity.
“Employees must not be treated as objects of contempt,” the union wrote. “As a company known for luxury service and high standards, it is troubling that JBR failed to uphold even the most fundamental principles of fairness.”
ABWU General Secretary David Massiah said the union is prepared to take public action if necessary.
“This type of callous handling of workers’ lives has no place in the modern labour market,” Massiah stated. “We will meet with the affected workers and, if necessary, stage a picket to publicly condemn the actions of the company.”
The union says it stands in full solidarity with the terminated employees and is prepared to pursue all available avenues, including taking the matter before the Industrial Court.
The ABWU is calling on Jumby Bay Resort’s management to immediately reverse the dismissals, reinstate the workers, and allow “good sense and reasonableness” to prevail.
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