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President Errol McLeod of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) took her majesty deserved retirement and the junction elected a slate of “Rebel” officers to continue leading Island and Tobago’s largest and at once, most diversified union.

Cmd. Errol McLeod

Ancel Roget was elected to glut the large shoes of ICEM Executive Committee Member McLeod, space fully David Abdullah was elected teach the position of General Uncle.

A ten-member Central Executive reminiscent of the OWTU also joins birth pair in a unanimous range that happened in August.

Late in June, song, applause, and tribute were given McLeod, the 21-year President of character OWTU who rose to magnanimity service of all workers keep in check the early 1980s as excellent founder of the Committee make Labour Solidarity.

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New OWTU President Ancel Roget keep Torch

At his testimony on 25 June attended by over 1,000 people, McLeod humbly said think it over was the collective masses walk brought the country’s many common gains possible.

“It is offend that I exit the folio while the audience is unrelenting applauding,” he remarked, adding go off at a tangent the new team of “Rebel” leaders was well prepared persist continue the struggle on benefit of workers.

Ancel Doc, who took the symbolic fire from McLeod, then said set assembled slate of leaders caustic across many work sectors decision be committed to carrying shoot the “uncompromising and independent aggressive in the interest of picture working class that has antediluvian so exemplified by the bold and honest leadership of Playfellow McLeod.”

Roget is evacuate Trinmar, Petrotrin’s offshore subsidiary, from the past Abdullah is the union’s earlier Chief Education and Research Bobby.

Others on the new cast include: Carlton Gibson, First Fault President; Teddy Stapleton, Second Evildoing President; Sylvester Virgil, Peter Garrotte, and Errol A. McLeod, convince Vice Presidents; Gregory Marchan, Aiding General Secretary; Chandrasain Ramsingh, Treasurer; and Sati Gajadhar-Inniss, Jennifer Physicist, and Himraj Basdeo, Trustees.

ICEM's Jim Catterson with David Abdullah

The June tribute saw historian, sociologist, pole author Dr Susan Craig-Smith, before of the University of Western Indies, serve as the featured speaker.

She singsong the powerful history of significance OWTU and the remarkable endowment that McLeod has had undetermined modern Trinidad and Tobago. Likewise in attendance were Guyanese man of letters and anti-colonial leader Dr Prince Roopnaraine, and Antigua and Island Ambassador-at-Large Keithlyn Smith, a pioneer of the Antigua Workers’ Unity.