CAY Hill:--- Staff of St. Maarten Medical Center joined the protest march organized by the Chamber of Labor Unions on Monday.
SMN News learned that the appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Marco Meuleman who also holds two other positions namely Head of Human Resource and also Head of the IT department.
For the first time in years, the staff of SMMC participated in such protest, which began in the hallway of the SMMC after joined the protest as they marched from the WIFOL building through Front and Back Street then to the Little League Ballpark.
Currently, the Windward Islands Health Care unions and its shop stewards are in a meeting where they intend to give the Board of SMMC and the CFO an ultimatum where he must resign from two of the positions he is holding within 48 hours.
SMN News further understands that the grievances at SMMC mounted when the CFO decided he will fire local workers from their position.
So far management of SMMC has not reacted to the protest action undertaken by the staff of SMMC.