PSA president is shocked and saddened by state of the once- flourishing Christian Valley

The dilapidated state of the Christian Valley Agricultural Station has
come in for criticism from the president of the Antigua and Barbuda
Public Service Association (ABPSA), Joan Peters.
 
On a recent visit to the site – which was being considered as an
alternative location for the displaced Dunbars workers – Peters says
she was shocked to see the building occupied by the Christian Valley
workers in such disrepair.
 
She says she does not understand how employees continue to accept
these less-than-adequate conditions. Workers are not begging to be
employed, the Association president says, so they should not go out
to work in these adverse environments.

Rather, Peters says, employers should provide and ensure that the
environment in which workers operate is safe and free from health
issues.
 
She admits that she was upset by the state of the Christian Valley
station, since this was a once flourishing agriculture paradise.

That was President of the Public Service Association Joan Peters.
 
Meanwhile, Samuel James, president of the Antigua and Barbuda
Free Labour Union, has blamed employees, themselves, for the
conditions in which they are expected to work.

He says that many of them refuse to take a stand because they
prefer to accept full pay for working half of the day.