BTL Workers Push Back Against SMART DealBelize Telemedia Limited’s proposed acquisition of SMART is facing growing resistance from the very workers the company says it aims to benefit. According to the Belize Communications Workers Union, eighty-four percent of its membership now opposes the deal as it currently stands, marking a dramatic shift from January when employees initially supported the acquisition. The BCWU argues that BTL employees are more than workers, describing them as stakeholders whose livelihoods and national assets are directly tied to the outcome of the deal. The union is also calling for assurances that workers’ rights will be protected throughout the process. Its message is clear: any decision involving one of the country’s most important assets must be made openly, responsibly, and with the voices of workers fully heard.