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Leader of the Opposition, Dr. Peter Phillips.

2018 Nt’l Labour Day Message by Dr Peter Phillips – Leader of the Opposition

This year, we celebrate 80 years of modern day activism on the part of Jamaican workers. In 1938, workers from Frome in Westmoreland to Serge Island in St Thomas, in the East and including notably the port workers of Kingston...

Minister Grange Commends Sponsors of Labour Day Projects

Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (left), and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (right), greet Therese Braham after the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day church service at the Portmore Holiness Christian Church, Hellshire, St. Catherine, on May 20.

Businesses Urged to Support Ramps for Schools Project

State Minister in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Zavia Mayne, (second right), speaks with (from left) Divisional Director, Industrial Relations and Allied Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Gillian Corrodus; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Colette Roberts Risden; and the President of the Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Helene Davis White, at the National Workers’ Week Productivity Forum on May 17 at The Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.

Labour Ministry Continues Push for Greater Levels of Productivity

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, makes a point at a JIS Think Tank held on Tuesday (May 15), at the agency’s head office in Kingston.

Jamaicans Urged to Register Labour Day Projects

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange (third right); and Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson (third left), point to the top of the Workers’ Monument where an image will be erected to honour those persons who fought during the labour movement 80 years ago. Occasion was the annual Commemoration and Remembrance Ceremony at the monument, downown Kingston on Tuesday (May 15). Looking on (from left) are Chief Financial Officer, Kingston Wharves Limited, Clover Moodie; President, Jamaica Employers’ Federation, David Wan; Vice President, Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions, Lorraine Brown; and Councillor, Tivoli Gardens Division, Donovan Samuels.

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Workers’ Monument to be Upgraded

The Workers’ Monument located at the corner of Ocean Boulevard and Pechon Street in downtown Kingston will be upgraded with an image that fittingly honours those persons who fought during the labour movement 80 years ago. The announcement was made by Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the Hon. Olivia Grange, during her address at the annual Commemoration and...

Former Lecturer in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Professor Rupert Lewis (left), shares in light discusion with (from second left): Member of the National Council on Reparation (NCR), Steven Golding; Researcher at the Centre for Reparation, Jodi-Ann Quarrie; Head of the Hugh Lawson Shearer Trade Union Education Institute, Danny Roberts; and Director of the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), Bernard Jankee. Occasion was a panel discussion on

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IOJ Hosts Discussion on Reparation and Modern Labour Movement

The Institute of Jamaica (IOJ) on Monday (May 14) hosted a panel discussion on ‘Reparation and the Modern Labour Movement in Jamaica’, as part of a year-long focus on the reparations movement in the Caribbean. It was organised by the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank (ACIJ/JMB), a division of the IOJ, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and...

Senior Research Fellow of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica/Jamaica Memory Bank, David Brown.

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Panel Discussion to Begin Workers’ Week

A panel discussion, titled ‘Reparation and the Modern Labour Movement in Jamaica’, will be held on Monday, May 14 at the Institute of Jamaica Lecture Hall, 10-16 East Street, Kingston, beginning at 11:00 a.m. The two-hour event is the first activity to commemorate Workers’ Week, being celebrated under the theme ‘Preserving our Legacy, Unfolding Progress’. Workers’ Week, which begins on...

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, addressing congregants at the Falmouth United Church, Trelawny, recently to commemorate the 52nd anniversary celebrations of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) under the theme

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Cabinet Submission for Pension Increase in Short Order – Robinson

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Shahine Robinson, says a submission will be made to Cabinet in short order for an increase in the rate of pension. She noted that the 2016 actuarial review of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) was recently completed and will be included in the submission to Cabinet for implementation of the reform measures. Mrs....

Labour and Social Security Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson (left), converses with Education, Youth and Information Minster, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (centre); and Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Minister, Hon. Olivia Grange, during Tuesday’s (May 1) launch of Workers’ Week and Labour Day 2018 at the Office of the Prime Minister.

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Gov’t to Mark 80th Anniversary of Workers’ Protests, Labour Department

The Ministry of Labour and Social Security will commemorate the 80th anniversary of the 1938 labour protests and establishment of the Labour Department during Workers’ Week from May 14 to 23. The week, which includes Labour Day activities, was launched at the Office of the Prime Minister on Tuesday (May 1). Portfolio Minister, Hon. Shahine Robinson, said that Workers’ Week,...

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Gov’t to Mark 80th Anniversary of Workers’ Protests, Labour Department

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), and Education, Youth and Information Minister, Senator the Hon. Ruel Reid (right), share a light moment with Opposition Senator, Dr. Floyd Morris, during Tuesday

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Labour Day National Projects in St. Ann and St. Catherine

The St. Ann’s Bay Infant School in St. Ann, and Cumberland Health Centre in St. Catherine are the National Projects for Labour Day on May 23. Both Labour Day and Workers’ Week were launched on Tuesday (May 1), by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, at Jamaica House. The activities, being held under the theme – ‘Ramp it Up…...