CWU not aware workers paid allowances

SECRETARY General of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Lyle Townsend yesterday responded to correspondence by TSTT Industrial Relations Manager Robert Lipton, on bilateral negotiations regarding payment of wages to workers for acting and extra duties allowances.

In a release, Townsend said the Union was not aware that any employee had been paid, what they were paid for and reasons for being paid.He referred to a former communication from Lipton, which stated that “arrangements have been made to pay on May 2, 2003, outstanding retroactive benefits in respect of Acting and Extra Duty (Overtime) Allowance.”