Trinidad Cement Limited, TCL is to retrench 70% of the workforce at its Barbados-based subsidiary, Arawak Cement Company.
TCL, in a statement, says the remaining employees will be retained in the new operating model.
It says the move was taken in accordance with consultations with the two representative trade unions at the Barbados cement plant.
The Managing Director of the TCL Group, Francisco Aguilera Mendoza reported to Trinidad media that Arawak Cement currently has 175 permanent and casual employees.
He agreed separating 70% of the company’s 175 employees meant that about 123 employees would be leaving, while approximately 52 employees would be retained.
The core operation of the company will be focused on the grinding of clinker and cement production.
Clinker is an intermediate product used in the production of cement.
It is a mix of limestone and minerals that have been heated in a kiln and transformed by that heat.
Arawak assured it will continue to produce and supply cement to meet the demand of the Barbados market.
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