And near the end of the consultation, community activist Yaya Marin Coleman asked about the Stevedores. They will be the ones most affected but there were no representatives from the Christian Workers Union at the consultation. Yaya questioned if those from the proposed port project held any meetings with the stevedores. Dionne Chamberlain explained that they've tried, but haven't been able to get them to the table.
Dionne Chamberlain, Chamberlain Consulting
"We did send invitation to Mr. Mose Hyde who is responsible as the president of the union. We have those emails and the frequent request for the meetings, but they have turned down all of them regretfully and we did offer many open-ended ones and we actually went on port site and conducted these for all the staff at the port that they could come in different sessions at the local cafeteria. We have photos of that. We have the sign in sheets and we have the evidence that we did try to set up these meetings, but I must admit to you that they did not turn up, so we were not successful in having the actual consultation."
