Thursday, March 28, 2024

200 jobs may be on the way

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BARBADOS IS in the running for 200 new jobs and millions of dollars in additional investment as Cable & Wireless (C&W) returns its call centre from El Salvador to the Caribbean.

More than six years after its closure of a similar facility cost more than 100 Barbadians their jobs and sparked a showdown with the Barbados Workers’ Union, C&W has had a change of heart.

Yesterday, as he reported that the company earned $112 million in pre-tax profits here last year, C&W Communications (CWC) chief executive officer Phil Bentley announced that within the next four months, either Barbados or Jamaica would be home to the new call centre.

Please read the full story in today’s Daily Nation, or in the eNATION edition.

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