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Kingston. DOZENS of LIME employees stayed off the job this morning after a late night meeting over wage disagreements between the company and representatives from the University and Allied Workers Union (UAWU) ended with flared tempers. According to Lambert Brown, president of the UAWU, the workers - mostly technicians - decided to withdraw their services after queries raised by them in the meeting, which ended about 1:00 this morning, went without favourable responses. “We have a case of double standard in the company; the company is not prepared to pay the workers who are doing the bulk of the work - the work critical to customer relationships,” he said.

This morning, Henry Reid, executive vice-president for human resources at LIME, said the workers’ action came as a surprise. “At the end of the meeting this morning I had promised to do some consultation as it relates to performance incentive payment and to get back to them, but then they decided to do what they have done,” he said.

“Both parties understood that we would have been in touch today, but we now see industrial action so I think the thing to do is to refer it to the Ministry of Labour,” he added. Reid said that although the workers’ action was expected to have a negative impact on the company’s operations, there were no reports of wide-scale disruption this morning.

Contact: Saddler, Lillieth: Lillieth.saddler@time4lime.com