The letter from the CEO to the employees states that the ownership and pledged assets of Pelican Resort Club will be transferred on January 26th to the company who in auction on December 16th received the right to purchase the resort.
Pelican Resort Club and the new owners have been in negotiations with the WIFOL union for the hiring of the workers for weeks now but the union and the new management has not been able to see eye to eye based on the existing Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) article 32 and 34.
Last week Wednesday just about midnight the President of the WIFOL Theophilus Thompson and the CEO struck a deal and an agreement was signed when Deputy Prime Minister Theo Heyliger and Tourism Minister Franklyn Meyers intervened. However, that agreement had to be ratified by another signature from the union's general secretary and the membership of the union which to date has not been done.
Several of the workers met with the leader of the National Alliance William Marlin and Member of Parliament George Pantophlet on Sunday night as they wanted more information on the current labour laws. Marlin advised the workers to stick together while they should heed the advice of their legal experts.
According to the union and the workers, they are employed by the new company whom they said paid them in cash and as such the new company should not seek to terminate any of the workers.
On January 18th Pelican Resort Club submitted a request to the labour department seeking permission to terminate all of its workers.
Letter given to the workers of Pelican on Tuesday.
