By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Wednesday 9th May 2018) –For this year’s Labour Day (Worker’s Day) march-organised by the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union, this media house interacted with a few participants in getting their views on the march experience this time around.
Here is what they had to say:
Curtis Crooke
“My impression on the march today is that all of the years that I’ve been coming to the Labour Day march, today was a wonderful march. Why I say that –it’s the first time that I see a Labour march begin with a crowd; I have never seen it before. The people who organised in having the gospel concert and on top of that we had breakfast and that was a plus. Also by laying the wreaths on Sunday was even a massive plus in terms of time so for that I have to give the organisers a lot of credit. Concerning the march also, it’s good to see the turnout of people.”
Hermia Morton-Anthony
“The Labour Day march today, I think it was a great turnout. It indicates that quite a lot that people were saying with regard to the fear of coming out, it did not happen because the numbers were great. I believe that workers here in St.Kitts and Nevis have to find solidarity with workers around the world to recognise that there are still a lot of injustices especially for workers in underdeveloped countries and more so in St.Kitts-the glaring anti-labour and anti-student activities that are happening.”
Mildred Francis (right)
“The march was wonderful and how the march looked, it look like we are going to win all eight seats next election. Labour all the way!”
Big Steve
“This time around, the march was a clear message to Team Unity…that the people get fed up and people are not scared anymore; they (civil servants) were on the side walking but they were in their numbers. This was a marvelous march, a massive march. I am proud of what I’ve seen-the young people and not only that we had persons who switched sides last election come out in their numbers also and I want to thank the people for coming out. I feel proud in my heart for what I’ve seen because people have definitely gotten fed up of this government.
I had a sign that says Unity ‘You Corrupt’ because this is what going on ….all they care for is just their friends and family. The things they have said to get in government, they never once retrieve what they said so that’s the problem I have with the government right now with the corruption, violence, the jobs that people are losing. They told people when they get in, $500 they would be given but up to now poor people can’t see it and so his wicked government must go and the only government for poor people is under Dr. Denzil Douglas with the St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and so this is my message to the people we have to go out in the next election and put back in the Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas alongside the Labour Party for this country to move forward.
I want to send a clear message to those (Party supporters) that left and went with Team Unity. I want to tell them to come back home. I want to send a special come back home message to the Hon. Sam Condor, Terry Adams, Douglas Wattley, Clecton Phillip and my good friend don’t forget Gene Condor because they need a home because Timothy Harris don’t have no use at all for you guys so come back home to Labour. Labour is the way forward and you know Labour is the way forward so we want you to come back home. So once again, Sam Condor come back home; the Labour Party loves you, the Labour Party forgives you.”
Sheila
“The march was really a success. The people of St.Kitts are really fed up of this nonsense; poor people are catching hell under this government and we need to make a change.”