The unions representing workers at the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and the largest trade union association in the country are preparing to mount a major challenge to the government\u2019s effort to sell a majority stake in BTC to Cable & Wireless (C&W).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis whole movement transcends BTC workers and BCPOU (Bahamas Communications and Public Officers Union). We believe it is more nationalistic now. This is not a good deal. We don\u2019t think that this is a good fit and we are going to show our displeasure and disagreement in a very, very strong and concise way,\u201d said BCPOU President Bernard Evans to The Nassau Guardian yesterday.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s largest unions, through the National Congress of Trade Unions of The Bahamas (NCTUB), have come together in a bid to formalize a plan on the way forward in opposition to the BTC sale.<\/p>\n
The government is proposing to sell 51 percent of BTC to C&W for $210 million plus taxes.<\/p>\n
The labor leaders attended a meeting at BCPOU headquarters on Thursday night, as the union updated its members on the proposed sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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