McDowall: Stop meddling

THE PRESIDENT of the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW), Akanni McDowall, has expressed his dismay that the Government has bypassed the union’s recommendation that he serve on the Severance Payments Tribunal.

Instead, McDowell’s immediate predecessor, Walter Maloney, has been appointed to the panel, in what has been described as an unusual occurrence.

Attempts by the union executive to get Maloney to resign have failed so far, and the NUPW has written to the Ministry of Labour asking that the decision to appoint him be rescinded.

Maloney was sworn in by Governor General Sir Elliott Belgrave last Wednesday. (MB)

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