Transport and Industrial Workers' Union

• Jurisdiction: Trinidad & Tobago
• Judge: Khan, P.
• Judgment Date: 24 June 1991
• Court: Industrial Court (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Docket Number: 142 of 1990
• Date: 24 June 1991

Industrial Court

Khan, P.;

Ashby, M,

142 of 1990

Transport and Industrial Workers' Union

and

B.H. Rose Ltd.

Appearances:

Mr. Darren Samuel, Labour Relations Officer for party no. 1.

Mr. Percy Cezair, Industrial, Relations Consultant for party no. 2.

Industrial law - Industrial law — Lock out — Claim for payment of cost of living allowance — Lockout action by company — Term of lock out — Workers returning to work under term of lock out for cessation of payment of cost of living allowance — No merit in claim — Dispute dismissed.

Khan, P.

1 In this trade dispute, the Union claims that the Company failed and/or refused to pay 12 workers cost of living allowance amounting to $142,500.

2 The facts are that on 5 October, 1988 the Company legally locked out the bargaining unit of which the workers were members. Among the lockout terms imposed by...