PHILIPSBURG--Workers Institute for Organised Labour (WIFOL) responded Thursday to a proposal for the re-opening of Simpson Bay Resort and Marina and reintegration of the workers, but attorney Maarten le Poole says everything hinges on payment of the workers.
"If the workers are not paid in keeping with the court verdict, then everything is off the table," Le Poole told The Daily Herald last night.
He said the union had made "several amendments and additions" to the proposal, but declined to go into details as to what they were. The union's response was sent to Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, special mediator Raphael Boasman and other parties involved in this case.
It was unclear to the union whether the workers were going to be paid. Le Poole made it clear that they should be.
"The issue is now that the employees get paid, because there were some signs that they will not be paid and the union made it clear that if they were not paid, there is no agreement," he said. "[The resort was] vague about whether they will be paid or not. Unless salaries continue to be paid, there won't be any agreement. Hopefully, tomorrow [today, ed.] they will be paid or everything is off the table."
This newspaper understands that the proposal is geared towards the re-opening of the resort and taking back workers pending the appeal of the court's verdict. It is also understood that a delay in the payment of a transfer tax for the resort is included in the proposal.
Wescot-Williams had told reporters at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday that a request had been made for the delay in the payment. She also confirmed that cheques from the resort were at the Receiver's Office, but had not yet been cashed. She said no decision had been taken on whether they would be cashed. This is still an issue to be sorted out technically, "if government agrees to some type of extension of payment."
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