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BAMP & the QEH Board (PR Sept. 7, 2011) |
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PRESS RELEASE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
CTUSAB has noted with some concern the substance of the exchanges in the media between its affiliate, BAMP, and the Board of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, and regrets in particular that there has been no meaningful progress on the detailed proposals submitted by BAMP in January, 2011.
CTUSAB is aware that all agents of the Government as employer are obliged under Protocol VI to conduct themselves in accordance with the best practice in industrial relations. The reports in the press indicate clearly that the process of negotiation between the QEH Board and BAMP has been less than perfect by far.
If the Board of the QEH is to honour the Government’s commitment in the Protocol, then it must set an early date for a meeting with BAMP and find itself in a position to properly respond to each of the proposals before it.
CTUSAB is mindful of the hope expressed by the Minister of Health after his last meeting with BAMP that there would be a resolution of the issues by the end of August. CTUSAB urges the QEH Board to take the necessary initiatives and not to delay a continuation of the collective bargaining process, something that is of paramount importance in labour management relations.
CTUSAB, like the rest of Barbados, is conscious of the fact that no one else can do what the doctors do at the QEH.
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