The Tribune

By NATARIO McKENZIE

Tribune Business Reporter

nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net

THE Chamber of Commerce’s chief executive yesterday urged the National Tripartite Council’s stakeholders to avoid grandstanding and “put the council to work”.

Edison Sumner, speaking on the sidelines of the the National Tripartite Council’s first annual general assembly, said: “The Tripartite Council is absolutely a necessary body to engage the dialogue at a very high level between the employers, the workers’ representatives and the Government.

“I believe the Council is working very well. I believe it is a dynamic organisation. We may disagree on certain points, but the beauty is that we all work together, we understand each other’s differences and understand when there has to be differences in our positions on certain matters.”

The National Tripartite Council was established three years ago to act as a forum on labour and industrial relations in the Bahamas. “We must put the Tripartite Council to work. We don’t want to see people grandstanding when there is an option for them to present themselves to the Council and have their matters addressed by the Council,” said Mr Sumner.

“Use the protocols that have been established. The Council works and we must put it to use.”