Minister of Labour Dion Foulkes has declared the election of a top BEC union official “null and void”.
In a letter to the Registrar of Trade Unions, Harcourt Brown, Foulkes said Mr Cartwright was not eligible to be nominated in the first place, “due to the fact that he is a security supervisor at Bahamas Electrical Corporation”.
Mr Foulkes has essentially reversed Brown’s decision to uphold the January 27 election of Dexter Cartwright to the position of secretary general of the Bahamas Electrical Workers Union (BEWU).
Mr Foulkes has declared Gina Russell, the next candidate for the position of secretary general, as the winner by default.
The new union executive team, confirmed by Minister Foulkes includes:
* Clyde Cartwright – president
* Urban Smith – vice president
* Gina Russell – secretary general
* Nia Mills – asst secretary general
* Vinteerie Rolle – treasurer
* Aquila Knowles – asst treasurer
* Michael Edgecombe – chief shop steward
* Richard Wright – trustee
* Kevin Lockhart – trustee
* Gloria Moss – trustee
