George Fraser, BNTU Senior Advisor
"Just a while ago, not even half hour ago we got a phone call, the Prime Minister wants to meet with us. I don't know about what, but when the heat di come on and they deh under fire, let him meet with Patrick and tell him to behave himself, little boy."

So, from that you'd conclude that the PM hurriedly called for a meeting because, in Fraser's words, he was "feeling the heat." Well, yesterday the Office of the Prime Minister sent out a release to make it clear that it's no such thing.

The release says, quote, "the Prime Minister did not request a meeting with the Union leaders as was stated by George Fraser." The release goes unto explain that quote, "in a letter dated January 8, 2014 the Unions' Negotiating Team wrote the Prime Minister asking for a meeting to discuss three areas of concern...the Prime Minister agreed to the meeting on the day suggested by the Unions which is January 30th, 2014." That's Thursday.

And after he showed them up, the release ends with a flourish, saying, "The Prime Minister has always treated the unions with the utmost respect and courtesy, accommodating almost every meeting that they have sought, and conducting such meetings on the basis of great civility and cordiality." We're sure they're touched.