THE SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP may have had its share of problems in 2013, but Prime Minister Freundel Stuart is confident the 20-year-old entity can assist in carving a way forward for Barbados as it continues to grapple with the worldwide recession.
In fact, Stuart feels Barbados remains better off because of the Social Partnership.
The Prime Minister made it clear the part the Social Partnership has to play remains critical, and paramount, when he met with employers, unions and the private sector – the groups comprising the Social Partnership – in a half-day meeting at Hilton Barbados yesterday.
“We are meeting to get some sense as to where we are in Barbados today in relation to matters that touch and concern the social partners, employers in the private sector, unions and labour,” Stuart said during a brief introductory speech before yesterday’s meeting. (BA)
