Sunnyjohn
09-28-07, - 02:48 PM
I don't get this. Where was the union when this began to ensure they get the money then? If this is a deal with HArcourt through Lehman Brothers, I sure hope it does not fall through because Lehman is in a world of hurt these days and cancelling deals left and right!
Ex-workers of the Crowne Plaza Golf Resort and Casino at the Royal Oasis are still waiting on an answer from the Office of the Prime Minister regarding redundancy payment owed to them.
Two months ago, a group of former Royal Oasis workers drafted a letter to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham appealing for his assistance in helping them retrieve monies due to them as a result of the resort's closure.
The 427-acre property which includes a towers, country club, timeshare units and two golf courses closed down in September of 2004 following twin hurricanes and forced the displacement of some 1,300 employees.
Eight months later, government paid out $5 million of the $6.12 million owed in redundancy pay to 900 of the displaced workers who signed a deed of agreement which promised the remaining $1.12 million in "short order."
The others who differed with the amount purported to be owed to them chose another avenue and vowed to fight for their just deserves.
Now with the sale of the resort nearly in the bag and the announcement by Touri-sm Minister Neko Grant that the deal between Harcourt Development Company and Lehman Brothers is expected to be consummated in late October, the ex-workers want to ensure that they are not forgotten.
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/293523191473116.php
Ex-workers of the Crowne Plaza Golf Resort and Casino at the Royal Oasis are still waiting on an answer from the Office of the Prime Minister regarding redundancy payment owed to them.
Two months ago, a group of former Royal Oasis workers drafted a letter to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham appealing for his assistance in helping them retrieve monies due to them as a result of the resort's closure.
The 427-acre property which includes a towers, country club, timeshare units and two golf courses closed down in September of 2004 following twin hurricanes and forced the displacement of some 1,300 employees.
Eight months later, government paid out $5 million of the $6.12 million owed in redundancy pay to 900 of the displaced workers who signed a deed of agreement which promised the remaining $1.12 million in "short order."
The others who differed with the amount purported to be owed to them chose another avenue and vowed to fight for their just deserves.
Now with the sale of the resort nearly in the bag and the announcement by Touri-sm Minister Neko Grant that the deal between Harcourt Development Company and Lehman Brothers is expected to be consummated in late October, the ex-workers want to ensure that they are not forgotten.
http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/293523191473116.php