We also asked the CWU's Vice President-who doubles as the NTUCB President-about Senator Glenfield Dennison's pop-up protests, or as he calls it, his public education campaign. He's still rolling basically solo, and she explained that as a union, they can't join without the mandate of their members. She then told us that the NTUCB will be a part of Friday's protest in Belmopan:
Ella Waight, President, NTUCB
"I think Senator Dennison keeps saying it's a one man's protest. Senator Dennison chose to do those protests. He has not come to the NTUCB to request our assistance, I think because of the legal part of it-the gentleman is a legal-minded person. So he chose to do that. Remember, when the NTUCB takes on any action, especially a protest, we have to consult with our affiliates. I'm only the president of the NTUCB; I don't make decisions on behalf of our affiliates. It has to go to our affiliates, they then go back to their membership and they get a consensus, and then they will say, 'Let's go out.' And that's what we've done for the protest on Friday coming. We went to the presidents who have reached out to the membership, and I think you've heard the BNTU's stance on it-they're a very large group, to be able to get that vote by Friday would take a lot of work. So, and that's what the NTUCB has done, so some of the presidents will be out there on Friday. CWU has ask our members who can, especially those in Belmopan, to show up on Friday, and not just because of the "Enough Is Enough" protest, but because we still have our 11 demands that we are campaigning on. It's taking us a long while; there are some aspects of the 11 demands that will not happen overnight or in six months, but if we keep pressure on these demands, one day they will change-especially when we talk about the structure of PUC, the structure of BTL. We have to ensure that my fight-I might not be president anymore-whichever president comes along keep up this fight. That is the only way we will promote good governance and ensure that you, we, the citizens of Belize control these entities so they act on behalf of us."
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