Don't blame the workers for contempt of court, blame the Union

On Friday government lawyers furnished the Court with a list of over 500 workers, in the essential services category, saying they defied the  April 27 interim Court Order that ordered them to return to work after joining the strike on April 18.

However the union representative, Senior Advocate Alec Freund argued that the employer was placing the blame on the wrong people. He said no worker can be in contempt because it is the duty of the employer to get the unions to do what they want them to do and therefore the union should be the one found to be in contempt of the order if the workers do not go back to work.