PSU President Weighs In on Protest Ruling, Government Indemnity

Late this evening, we caught up with PSU President Dean Flowers to get his take on a court ruling that could have big implications for future union protests, especially those that might impact an employer’s bottom line. We also asked him whether the government should stick to its promise of indemnity. Here’s what he had to say.

 

Dean Flowers, President, Public Service Union

“Since 1964 when we achieved self-government, government after government has been pillaging the Belizean tax payers dollars, so whether they pay It or don’t pay it is the Belizean people paying. It is five hundred thousand or a million dollars less that they will take for themselves. So pay it. It is caneros. We are with the caneros and when they decide block, ASR/BSI as a union leader I will be there again to block. We have to understand that in this day and age workers have to fight for their dignity. And I want to express my solidarity with the BSCFA, and the government is on the hook, they made the commitment and they have to pay it. They have to pay it.”