Lawyer says Pelican hiring new staff ?at their own risk?

PELICAN--Attorney Maarten le Poole says Pelican is hiring new staffers at its own risk.

"Pelican has pledged that the hiring of any new employees - which is apparently being done at this time to an unknown scale - will not be to the detriment of any existing employment contracts with members of WIFOL, indicating that they will be hiring those new employees at their own risk," Le Poole told The Daily Herald via e-mail.

"Based on this, the judge deemed it unnecessary to prohibit Pelican to hire any new employees for the duration of the injunction, as had been requested by WIFOL," Le Poole said, referring to the court injunction filed on behalf of the union against several parties involved in the Pelican case. The case will be called this Thursday, February 3, at 9:00am.

The Pelican workers have suspended their protest actions pending the outcome of the injunction. The workers met with their union at the WIFOL building on Monday for an update on the court case. They later joined the teachers and civil servants, who had also been meeting with their unions at L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium.

Source: http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/13184-lawyer-says-pelican-hiring-new-staff-at-their-own-risk.html

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