Facing a backlash from Monday’s blocking of the Solomon Hochoy Highway, protesting scrap ironworkers have decided to hold off on protest action for two days. […]
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Month: August 2022
Highway chaos! Scrap iron workers block major route with piles of dirt
Branding highway protesters as “a marauding gang of metal thieves,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday slammed trade unionist Ancel Roget and the UNC for […]
Read moreScrap Iron group leader tells PM he’s into peaceful protests not shut downs
The T&T Scrap Iron Dealers’ Association and Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) are distancing themselves from a protest which blocked the northbound lane of the […]
Read moreJTUM, Scrap Iron Association distance themselves from highway protest
The T&T Scrap Iron Dealers’ Association (TTSIDA) and Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) are distancing themselves from a protest on Monday morning which blocked the […]
Read morePort scanners obsolete, non-functional …illegal guns, contrabands flow freely
Despite the surging homicide rate inching towards 400, the majority of killings being gun related, and the staggering presence of approximately 12,000 illegal firearms in […]
Read moreLegitimate scrap iron dealers say they’re being punished: “We are not thieves”
Legitimate scrap iron workers say not everyone is stealing the TSTT cables and other government infrastructure which has triggered the shutdown of the scrap iron […]
Read moreScrap iron dealers protest in Penal
Scrap iron workers have blocked parts of Penal piling heaps of mud in the centre of the roadway. Police have been stationed at the intersection […]
Read morePM defends scrap iron export ban
All of a sudden, the scrap iron industry has decided to physically shut down T&T, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who’s also said […]
Read moreCox—Scrap iron workers can apply for grants
With school reopening just 11 days away, scrap iron workers have been complaining they have no money to buy schoolbooks for their children. But Social […]
Read moreAG—Scrap metal committee to bring draft laws for industry within 3 months
Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, says under his instructions, the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Legal Affairs has established the Scrap Metal […]
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