{"id":244669,"date":"2003-12-19T12:32:23","date_gmt":"2003-12-19T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2003\/12\/festive-action-threat-from-bec-workers"},"modified":"2003-12-19T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2003-12-19T17:32:23","slug":"festive-action-threat-from-bec-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2003\/12\/festive-action-threat-from-bec-workers","title":{"rendered":"Festive Action Threat From BEC Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEC management has been warned to solve the contentious seven-month contract negotiations immediately or face the consequences.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nA threat of strike action now hangs over the yuletide season, with union members being asked to take a vote next week.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nMeanwhile, a full-scale sick-out looms as a more immediate threat, according to industry sources.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nUnion president Dennis Williams would not comment last night but a press release issued yesterday adopted a no-nonsense tone, accusing management of using strong-arm tactics.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nThe vote is expected to be held on December 23 at BCPOU Hall and in the Family islands at the Labour Department and Local Government offices.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<B>Source: Rupert Missick, The Tribune<\/B><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power workers cast a pall of gloom over the Christmas season last night with a threat of industrial action, including a possible sick-out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}