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Move to contracts ‘worrying’, says unions - Barbados Today

President of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados (CTUSAB) Edwin O’Neal is expressing concern about what he said was a “worrying trend” in the appointment of senior public officers in positions on contract and he wants Government to stop it. O’Neal said he was especially concerned that the practice could deny […]

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