It was supposed to be a massive show of support for the unions’ disapproval of the sale of 51 percent of BTC to Cable & Wireless.
Unions leaders promised that a large number of BTC employees would be in Parliament Square to show their opposition to the sale.
However, only about 50 employees showed up in downtown Nassau, indicating that support, even by union members, is waning.
BTC union members were asked to cokme to Rawson Square during their lunch hour to show disapproval of the deal as the government tabled the Memorandum of Understanding and other sale documents.
Union threats to disrupt public services has turned much of the Bahamian public against the unions.
Even union members are fed up with the lousy service and high prices of BTC and nobody wants to jeopardize the nation’s economic health with unwarranted industrial action.
Prime Minister Hubert Ingrahm said he would not allow a small group of people opposing the sale of BTC to CWC to derail what his government considers an advantageous deal for the majority of Bahamians.
“I was elected by the Bahamian people and empowered by them to act for and on their behalf,” Mr Ingraham said.
“We are not proposing to contract or subject our authority vested in us by the people of The Bahamas into any small minority group, with vested interest to protect, to the exclusion and disadvantage of the vast majority of people who live in the country.”
Regarding the sale, Mr Ingraham said, “It is not possible to stop it.”
