METRO MASS TRANSIT LIMITED vs. GENERAL TRANSPORT, PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION OF TUC [2022]DLNLC15036

METRO MASS TRANSIT LIMITED vs. GENERAL TRANSPORT, PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL WORKERS... [2022]DLNLC15036

Date	2022-12-21
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2022]DLNLC15036

DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK

[2022]DLNLC15036
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >METRO
MASS TRANSIT LIMITED<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GENERAL
TRANSPORT, PETROLEUM AND CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION OF<o:p></o:p>TUC<o:p></o:p>[NLC]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;">

Our Ref: NLC/C-376/020/2022/98&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;21ST
DECEMBER 2022<o:p></o:p>

</div>DIRECTOR, ADMIN/HR:<o:p></o:p>DR. BERNICE A. WELBECK<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0in;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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</div>We refer to the parties' appearance be10re the
National Labour Commission on 14TH December, 2022. The Complaints were led by the Managing Director of the Company. The Respondents were led by the
General Secretary of the Union.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;Commission<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Commission recalled that it directed that the Committee established by the Board of the Complainant Company should have a fair representation from the Management and the Union to consider the
issues in dispute for redress. However, per letter dated 29Th November,
2022, the Complainant Company wrote to the Commission notifying it of its
inability to resolve the issues and so has subsequently terminated proceedings.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Complainant Company<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Company
representatives confirmed the letter from the Complainant dated 29th
November, 2022 and the contents therein. The Managing Director of the
Complainant Company submitted that the Board
said it was unclear on the way forward,
because the Committee that was
to look into the matter was the
Human Resource Committee of the Board and
so did not understand how it could include members who were not part of
the Board because it is not a Disciplinary Committee, hence, the
referral back to the Commission to deal with the issues.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%">Respondent Union<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;The Respondent Union
expressed its surprise at the turn of events stating that their understanding
of the composition was to the effect that the committee to be established by the Board to look into
the issues should have a fair
representation of the parties.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<h2 style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-4.5pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">Observation<o:p></o:p></h2>&nbsp;The Commission having
heard both parties at the hearing of 14th December, 2022, observed
that the</main>