The umbrella body representing the labour movement has called on Government to declare gun violence in Barbados a “national public health epidemic” and urgently conduct research to find a remedy to this problem.In a strongly worded statement on Monday, General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations, (CTUSAB) Dennis de Peiza argued that the recent spike in shootings presents a concern to public safety and insisted that the Mia Mottley administration must take concrete steps to address the worrying problem.“It is proposed that there is the labelling of violence caused by the use of guns as a national public health epidemic, and that the issue is not confined as one that is the responsibility of law enforcement and the criminal justice system,” he said.The CTUSAB executive further called on Government to fund research to find solutions to the gun crisis.
