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Dumas dissatisfied
Posted: Monday, October 9, 2023
Dumas dissatisfied with $2.58b allocation for Tobago
He said although Finance Minister Colm Imbert said the island had received $64.2 million more than its previous allocation, it still was not enough to fund the kind of development Tobago needs, especially since the bulk of it, $2.298 billion, was for recurrent expenditure.
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"The starting salary of an American Airlines captain now is US$40,000 a month. The starting salary of a first-year captain in Caribbean Airlines is TT$56,000. So, let's say that's about US$8,000. There's a lot of benefits. People who never thought about leaving actually putting things in place to go," the source said.
According to the Industrial Relations Act, under section 66 subsection (2), an employer or a worker carrying on or engaged in an essential service shall not take industrial action in connection with said service. If found guilty, the parties involved are liable on summary conviction to a fine of $40,000 and to imprisonment for three years.
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