McLeod comes out in defence of Jones

President General of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Errol Mc Leod has come out in defence of the monthly pay package of $70,000, currently being paid to Petrotrin’s Executive Chairman Malcolm Jones. Yesterday at a seminar held by the OWTU at the Circular Road San Fernando building he commented on the matter.

Mc Leod said, “I would defend any decent remuneration package for quality of work in the energy sector.” The  OWTU President General said that this must be followed whether the individual is from the technical or labour category. He further stated that he would not argue against $70,000 in the “key oil and gas sector.” Mc Leod reminded that it is the oil sector which has carried the country’s economy throughout the years. He also observed that no one was referring at this time to instances of similar or even greater salaries to expatriates who are sometimes less qualified. In relation to this he pointed out the case at Severn Trent. At the same time though he said that their must be the “principle of equity” in the distribution of salaries. However at the same time the OWTU leader called for greater leadership in Petrotrin and for managers to become “more strategically direct” so as to keep up in the progressive energy industry.