Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton has expressed disappointment after his request to meet with workers without management present at Troy Resources’ gold mining operations was denied during his visit to the site on Wednesday.
Hamilton told Stabroek News yesterday that during his visit he met and spoke with employees and their employers in a shared space but he had wished to speak with workers alone in the absence of their superiors to have an understanding of their working conditions.
“I did not get to speak with employees without management being present. I made the request to management but it did not happen,” Hamilton said, while noting that he concluded that as a result workers were not able to freely communicate with management and raise issues of concern.
