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That $768 million in annual wage, how much of that is linked to executives?
RW: Let me put it another way—82.3 per cent of that is junior and senior staff and $135 million or so combined, including executives, makes up the rest. So when you look at the revenue per employee, the monthly revenue of junior and senior staff, the total is around $40,000 per month. The non-unionized staff is around $35,000 per month, so we actually have in TSTT a compression challenge where we have senior staff employees who are earning more than professional staff and that’s one of the challenges we have.
Did TSTT pay out bonuses to its executives in 2017?
RW: TSTT, in 2017, paid around $4 million in bonuses to non-unioned employees that merited a bonus payment...
Did this include junior and senior staff?
RW: No. Junior and senior staff are governed by the collective agreement, so any payments to them must come through that mechanism.
So this would have been just executives?
RW: No, this was non-unionized employees. There are 369 non-unionized employees.
Are some of those non-unionized employees junior and senior staff?
RW: No. All junior and senior staff are unionized.”
Who are the non-unionized employees?
RW: We have professionals in IT, we have section managers, we have senior managers, we have professionals, we have analysts in finance and others parts of the organizations. Those kinds of positions are considered non-unionized.
And those are the kinds of positions that would have gotten bonuses? Are you planning to pay out bonuses at the end of 2018?
RW: No. That’s the short answer to that
Head of the Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) Clyde Elder was physically removed Wednesday from the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) Edward Street, Port-of-Spain office.
Guardian Media understands that Elder was there to meet with workers to deal with their grievances when he was asked to leave the compound.
Elder, in a brief telephone interview moments ago, claimed he was grabbed from behind by a TSTT security guard and thrown out of the building.
"I was grabbed from behind. The security grabbed me and squeezed my chest and then threw me on the ground," Elder said.
Elder said he was in a lot of pain following the incident and could not move from where he landed after being "manhandled" by the TSTT security. He said an ambulance had been called so he could get medical assistance.
This tussle between the union representatives and company comes after news surfaced Tuesday that two senior employees from the Finance and Auditing departments were suspended over suspicion of leaking information to the media.
Guardian Media learned that the senior official in Finance was escorted out of the building on Tuesday, while the other employee in the auditing department was suspended on Monday.
Guardian Media sent questions to both TSTT chief executive officer Ronald Walcott and the company head of corporate communications Marsha Caballero on Tuesday and Wednesday about the suspensions. Neither responded.
However, Guardian Media was told that the suspensions of the two senior employees came after the T&T Guardian published an article on Monday detailing a business deal between Gravitas Business Solutions and TSTT to provide contract workers to staff the Accounts Payable department.
TSTT retrenched five workers from that same department last month and then inked a deal with Gravitas to provide contract workers to do the same job for more money. According to that deal, Gravitas was paid some $96,750 for supplying two workers.
The five workers were paid just over $65,000 a month.
Reporter: Renuka Singh
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Union
TSTThttp://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release ... 3TaTCQRREk
The Company's focus is on an enhanced customer experience. Dr. Walcott said, “TSTT will continue to deploy state of the art technologies such as 4GLTE for mobile and residential services and, subject to regulatory approval, TSTT will be ready to deploy 5G technology in 2019. With respect to our business customers whose major concerns center around minimizing cost while increasing operational efficiency and profitability, TSTT has a suite of digital solutions that can be tailored to meet their specific requirements.”
Dizzy28 wrote:
TSTT retrenched five workers from that same department last month and then inked a deal with Gravitas to provide contract workers to do the same job for more money. According to that deal, Gravitas was paid some $96,750 for supplying two workers.
The five workers were paid just over $65,000 a month.
Reporter: Renuka Singh
Tags:
Union
TSTThttp://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release ... 3TaTCQRREk
Slartibartfast wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:
TSTT retrenched five workers from that same department last month and then inked a deal with Gravitas to provide contract workers to do the same job for more money. According to that deal, Gravitas was paid some $96,750 for supplying two workers.
The five workers were paid just over $65,000 a month.
Reporter: Renuka Singh
Tags:
Union
TSTThttp://www.cnc3.co.tt/press-release ... 3TaTCQRREk
In case anybody was wondering...
GRAVITAS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS
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19 STANMORE AVENUE, PORT OF SPAIN
Incorporated on: 2016-06-02
http://www.gravitas.solutions
Les Bain wrote:My buddy got spared but he's in a mess.
The 45 day notice was back dated. People got their letters today. Today is day 44 of the notice.
airuma wrote:Does C&W still own 49% of TSTT? I know there was an issue with them owning Columbus Communications and 49% TSTT.
Dizzy28 wrote:airuma wrote:Does C&W still own 49% of TSTT? I know there was an issue with them owning Columbus Communications and 49% TSTT.
Didn't regional Governments stop bothering with C&W once they were acquired by Liberty Global in 2016.
airuma wrote:Dizzy28 wrote:airuma wrote:Does C&W still own 49% of TSTT? I know there was an issue with them owning Columbus Communications and 49% TSTT.
Didn't regional Governments stop bothering with C&W once they were acquired by Liberty Global in 2016.
I missed that one. So C&W acquires Columbus communications in 2015, then Liberty Global acquires C&W in 2016. Where does that leave the C&W 49% ownership of TSTT.... Liberty Global, GoRTT, other?
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