The workers of the C.A.P. Southwell Industrial Site came out during their lunch hour to hear the Candidates of the PAM talk about the issues of the day in a brief public meeting. The hour long meeting had no frills and the five speakers stuck to the issues most relevant to the vocal and engaged audience.

There was much comment on the Labour Party promise of 1995 that the Industrial Site workers would receive an increase to $300.00 weekly which has not only failed to materialize but the Prime Minister recently dismissed the concerns of the workers by saying that the Government does not own any factories. 

The crowd of mostly women actively took part in the meeting concurring with the points made about their wages as well as the super low income houses which were promised in the lead up to the last election only for most to be still waiting. They angrily shouted about those houses which were distributed being without basic amenities like tiles, cupboards and bathroom fixtures. Shock and disgust were loudly expressed at the fact that the Prime Minister and his Ministers have given themselves a 110% increase during their tenure so far.

The workers were encouraged to vote with their feet and stay home on Labour Day to send a strong message to the Government that its time is up. They were also warned to ignore the Governments attempt to use them to shore up the failing union which so badly abused the sugar workers after those same workers had so strongly supported it for 75 years.