Outspoken president of the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) Owen Speid and principal, Keven Jones, are embroiled in a war of wills, with the school administrator accused of union-busting.
Speid claims that the teachers’ union has been denied access to Mona High School twice - the latest failed attempt being on Tuesday.
However, Speid, who is himself a school principal, said that when he and other JTA officials turned up at the school, they were not allowed in.
In outlining the JTA’s right to be granted access to schools, Speid said that Jones had an obligation to allow visits to the workplaces of its members.
Jones also rubbished Speid’s claim that a previous run-in back in September 2019 was an attempt at union-busting, arguing that the JTA’s visit was too early in the morning.
