By: Spokesman Newsroom
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Friday 7th May 2021) — The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party recently concluded its weekend of activities in observance of Labour Day (International Workers’ Day) 2021. The weekend included a Health and Wellness Club Walk on Saturday 1st May from the RLB Memorial National Heroes Park to Kittitian Hill Resort and back, followed by a Backyard BBQ at Dewars Estate. A Church Service was held on Sunday 2nd May at Antioch Baptist Church at Lime Kiln, followed by a Wine and Cheese Soiree at the Galaxy at Port Zante.
Monday 3rd May saw the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Springfield Cemetery, jointly organised with the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union, honouring fallen stalwarts of the labour movement: Owen Caines, Charles E. Mills, Fitzroy Bryant, Robert Bradshaw, Lee L. Moore, E. St. John Payne, Fidel O’Flaherty, J. E. O’Flaherty Jr., Sir Probyn Inniss, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Joseph N. France and C. A. Paul Southwell. Later that day a Labour On The Move Food Fair was held at Ponds Pasture and Green Tree Lawn. The SKNLP’s annual Workers’ Day march has been on pause since the COVID-19 pandemic began.