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25th May 2004
GUN TOTIN’ CONTRACTOR THREATENS WORKERS
In a serious threat to the lives of locked-out workers, a contractor employed by Carib threatened a senior official of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers yesterday.
The incident happened early yesterday (24th May) as workers where being thrown out of their jobs by Andrew Sabga, one of Carib’s Directors.
Marlon O’Brien, the Vice President of the Carib Section of the NUGFW, was threatened with a gun by Anthony Martin Thomas, who works for Carib as a contractor, as Thomas was leaving the plant.
The matter was reported to Inspector Ramsundar who was on duty at the gates of Carib and who was due to report the matter to the St. Joseph Police Station.
Thomas, a Trinidadian who was deported from the United States, has a US Inmate Account Card with an ID number of 10425-265.
Mr. O’Brien said:
“This was a frightening incident. The man had his finger on the trigger. What are Carib doing employing people like this? They are terrorising workers enough by locking them out, they don’t need to employ thugs like this to threaten the use of guns. We have enough guns on the streets as it is without the employers allowing unlicensed guns on their premises.”
The Carib Section of the Union has called on the Police to thoroughly investigate the incident.
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