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A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes, which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes, where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties. It is usually a response to employee grievances, such as low pay or poor ...
The Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Jamaica oversees Social Security and Welfare, Education Affairs and Services, and Labour Relations Employment Services. The head offices of the labour and social security divisions are in Kingston. [1] As of 2020, the Minister of Labour and Social Security is The Honourable Karl Samuda CD, MP [2]
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The Trade Union Congress is a general trade union in Jamaica. Initially organised as a trade union council to be the labour wing of the People's National Party (PNP) in 1943, the organisation split in 1952 with the formation of the National Workers Union (which maintained alignment with the PNP).
4 July – Category 4 Hurricane Beryl causes a six- to nine-feet storm surge and fierce winds along Jamaica's southern coast, killing at least one person there before tracking to the Cayman Islands. [4] 26 July–11 August – Jamaica at the 2024 Summer Olympics [5]
Labour Day, 23 May (public holiday) People participate in community improvement projects. [2] Emancipation Day, 1 August (public holiday). Honors the 311,000 slaves freed in 1840. [3] Independence Day, 6 August (public holiday). Independence from the British Empire in 1962. [4] National Heroes' Day, Third Monday in
The National Labour Party was a political party in Jamaica, founded by Ken Hill. Hill had been expelled from the People's National Party in 1952, accused of having advocated communism . [ 1 ] The NLP ran three candidates in the 1955 general election ; Ken Hill contested Kingston Western, getting 3,262 votes (21.91%, trailing behind the PNP and ...
Labour Day is a national holiday in The Bahamas, celebrated on the first Friday in June in order to create a long weekend for workers. [10] The traditional date of Labour Day in The Bahamas, however, is 7 June, in commemoration of a significant workers' strike that began on that day in 1942. Labour Day is meant to honour and celebrate workers ...