Nationwide protests by T&TEC employees on Thursday morning came with a dark warning.
If their concerns about wage increases, manpower shortages and faulty equipment are not immediately addressed by the state-owned utility company, the consequences of its inaction, may be felt by the entire population.
While protests erupted in north, south, central and east Trinidad, as well as Tobago, the President General of the workers' union, the OWTU, addressed workers in San Fernando.
Reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh was there.