Labour news from the Caribbean
Antigua
Barbuda
Bahamas
Minister certifies two strike votes 2012-01-21 [The Tribune] Union strike certificate approved 2012-01-21 [The Guardian]
Customs staff opt not to strike 2011-12-28 [The Tribune]
Barbados
Dignity delayed does not have to be dignity denied: Spotlight interview with Toni Moore (BWU - Barbados) 2012-01-28 [ITUC] Teachers to return to Bajan school after three-week strike 2012-01-24 [The Stabroek News]
Strike at school enters third week 2012-01-23 [The Stabroek News]
Belize
Christian Workers Union issues notice of intention to strike by Social Security workers 2011-02-16 [LoveFM] Trade Union Rights Not Respected 2010-11-04 [Scoop]
Trade Union Rights Not Respected in Belize 2010-11-03 [ITUC]
Bermuda
Union warning shot over redundant workers 2011-12-06 [The Royal Gazette] Archivist put on administrative leave after strike threat 2011-09-29 [The Royal Gazette]
Premier pays tribute to workers' 'blood, sweat and tears' 2011-09-06 [Bermuda Sun]
Caribbean
LIAT pilots stay home second day 2011-12-08 [Trinidad Express] Victory: Trade Union Network of Odebrecht was created 2011-10-04 [BWI]
IMF Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean: the role of communication in trade union activities 2011-09-14 [International Metalworkers Federation]
Cayman
Cuba
Nearly 80% of Private Sector Workers Unionized 2012-01-07 [The Latin American Herald Tribune] Union leader lectures workers in Camagüey sugar industry on the need to raise productuvuty 2011-12-27 [Radio Cadena Agromonte]
Trade Unionists of the Americas Demand Release of the Cuban Five 2011-12-13 [ACN]
Dominica
Trade Union executive asks employer to pay up or face court 2010-03-02 [The Dominica News] Public Service Union encouraged by DLP’s campaign promise 2009-12-24 [Dominica Online]
Fire and Ambulance workers protest 2009-12-11 [Dominca News]
Dominican Republic
Spotlight interview with Gabriel del Rio (CASC - Dominican Republic) 2011-09-06 [ITUC] Workers launch 1-day general strike 2011-07-12 [The News]
Usually gabby Government officials mum on paralyzing strike 2011-07-12 [The Dominican Today]
Grenada
Savage Lockout at Grenada Breweries! 2012-01-25 [IUF] Country “days away’ from national strike 2012-01-09 [Caribbean 360]
Strike by workers at the Grenada Breweries Limited 2011-12-17 [95.5]
Guyana
Trades Union Congress condemns Sharma suspension 2011-10-05 [Stabroek News] The struggle of the bauxite workers continues 2011-10-01 [The News]
Diamond sugar workers finally receive severance pay 2011-06-21 [NCN Guyana]
Haiti
Two Years After Quake, Haitians Have Few Jobs or a Living Wage 2012-01-13 [AFL-CIO] Haitians Take Arduous Path to Brazil, and Jobs 2012-01-07 [NYTimes]
Reconstruction in Haiti 2011-11-30 [PSI]
Jamaica
'No bitter medicine' - Unions signal tough position 2012-01-30 [Jamaica Observer] Jamaica pilots of Caribbean Airlines blocked from taking strike action 2011-12-10 [Trinidad Express]
Nestle workers decide against strike 2011-11-14 [Go Jamaica]
Montserrat
Teachers Union Cultural Cabaret raises funds for athletes 2006-04-18 [The Montserrat Reporter]
Suriname
Workers strike at IAMGOLD mine 2011-08-03 [Business Week] Strike shuts down Canadian owned gold mine 2011-08-03 [AFP]
Strike shuts down gold mine 2011-08-03 [The Star]
Maarten
Vincent
Grenadines
Kitts
Nevis
Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Port guards stop work 2012-02-07 [Trinidad Express] City workers continue protest 2012-02-02 [Newsday]
Union warns TSTT of protests over rise in medical plan costs 2012-02-02 [Trinidad Guardian]