The President of the National Trade Union Centre (NATUC) has rejected the idea of a working class party in Trinidad & Tobago, saying such a movement won't necessarily solve the problems that workers face.
Michael Annisette was commenting on an interview in the Sunday Guardian in which trade unionist Vincent Cabrera called for a working class party.
"If an election is called tomorrow I want to vote for a worker’s party. It is time for a working class party and we are not apologising to anybody for saying so," Cabrera told Clevon Raphael.
However Annisette told the Guardian: “I don’t want to give people the idea that a party like this will solve all the country’s problems.”
He added, “I have no issue with a working class party that has the interests of workers. Look at the pro-labour Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) faction of the People’s Partnership Government (and) they could not even get the Government to change its position on the five per cent offer.”
Annisette said there is a need for workers to go beyond party politics. “We must change the system of governance—we must make constitutional changes,” he said.
He also said true independence should mean workers being able to stand on their own feet economically. “You can’t have political independence and not be economically independent,” he said.
Michael Annisette was commenting on an interview in the Sunday Guardian in which trade unionist Vincent Cabrera called for a working class party.
"If an election is called tomorrow I want to vote for a worker’s party. It is time for a working class party and we are not apologising to anybody for saying so," Cabrera told Clevon Raphael.
However Annisette told the Guardian: “I don’t want to give people the idea that a party like this will solve all the country’s problems.”
He added, “I have no issue with a working class party that has the interests of workers. Look at the pro-labour Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) faction of the People’s Partnership Government (and) they could not even get the Government to change its position on the five per cent offer.”
Annisette said there is a need for workers to go beyond party politics. “We must change the system of governance—we must make constitutional changes,” he said.
He also said true independence should mean workers being able to stand on their own feet economically. “You can’t have political independence and not be economically independent,” he said.
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