Local activist and Blaze CEO Devon Williams has called on the interim administration to approach the Civil Service strikes with higher a degree of maturity and order. In a statement issued today Williams said “It is disheartening to see the vigor in which this administration has taken up arms against their own servants. The government need to take a lead role and must draw the CSA to the table in an organized fashion so that this matter can be resolved quickly and so it can serve as a standards for industrial actions in the TCI in future, both in the government and private sector.”
Williams said that the process of strike resolution has played out in international media in recent months and that the governor should follow international protocol when dealing with the striking CSA. He said “IN recent months we have seen similar scenarios in the NFL and NBA, both have been settled by the lead party submitting to international protocols and negotiation. Tomorrow the UK is set for the biggest strike in over a century and I am sure that the striking British citizens will be dealt with with utmost respect and according to international conventions, why should it be different here in TCI?”
The radio personality said that he is convinced that the interim administration is acting with out proper advice from London and that their superiors are unaware of the true situation in the TCI, he said, “I am almost certain that this CSA strike is not known to anyone of significance in the UK, Henry Bellingham can not know that members of an overseas territory’s government workforce are off the job – striking for a better conditions, David Cameron must not know that while government workers are striking, the interim administration has done nothing, save to present a hard-nose approach, suspending workers established rights without notice and issuing intimidating statements.”
“This government needs to be mature and it must be mature now more then ever: I call upon governor Todd to confirm to the people of the TCI that this matter has been reported to the FCO and that efforts have been made to procure the relevant expertise from the UK to resolve this issue between the Government and the CSA within the next business day; I further call upon Mr. Todd to announce the appointment of a mediator to liaise between the CSA and the Government within the next 24 hours so that this country can return to normal in time for Christmas; I also call upon the TCI Human Rights Commissioner to attach an internationally recognized observer to monitor the situation, and for the sake of fairness, to remove herself from all government and Advisory Council discussions on the matter.”
“In my opinion, as long as the Union Jack fly over the TCI, all international protocols and conventions that are the norm for citizens in England should be the norm for citizens of the TCI. God save our noble Queen.”
