The Assistant Minister-designate for Trade Union Affairs of the Ministry of Labor has said that trade unions are places where the government’s pro-poor policy can intervene to uplift that pro-poor system. “I believe in President George Weah’s policy and I also believe that the trade union is the only entity in my opinion and from my experience that can organize any group of people (workers) for the upliftment and betterment of the worker… their laws and their organizing system allows the worker to have the right to exist within his or her own country, whether in business or government,” Togba R. Croyee Porte told members of the Senate Committee on Labor, when he appeared before them yesterday for confirmation. Also appearing yesterday was the Assistant Minister of Labor for Administration-designate, Alexander Gargu, who presented a resume showing his work experience in several administrative areas, which claimed and necessitated his preferment by President Weah. The chairman of the committee, Senator Jaye – after over an hour of grilling – informed the two nominees that the deliberations were the first stage of the confirmation process, which was necessary as it prepares committee members for the second stage, before the final report to Senate plenary. Present at yesterday’s hearing in the conference room of the Senate Pro Temp were, Senators Varney Sherman, Morris Saytumah, Francis Paye, J. Milton Teahjay, and Gbleh-Bo Brown.

Source: Daily Observer February 22, 2018 02:15 UTC