Household Workers Union: 35 Years of Strength, Dignity, and Solidarity [IDWF] 02-04-2026
Practical solidarity and climate justice are critical in the face of devastation [PSI] 02-12-2025
Call to solidarity with Jamaican teachers impacted by Hurricane Melissa [Education International] 20-11-2025
/ Jamaica They came from Jamaica for work, now they're homeless and out thousands of dollars in lost wages [CTV] 01-10-2025
Fix the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill! [Education International] 14-05-2025
Jamaica Jamaican domestic workers deploy Brock research to support advocacy 2026-04-15 [Brock News]
Household Workers Union: 35 Years of Strength, Dignity, and Solidarity 2026-04-02 [IDWF]
Jamaica Steelworkers rally in solidarity to support hurricane relief in Jamaica 2025-12-19 [USW]
Jamaica A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they face losing the jobs they relied on in the US 2025-12-15 [The Guardian]
Practical solidarity and climate justice are critical in the face of devastation 2025-12-02 [PSI]
Call to solidarity with Jamaican teachers impacted by Hurricane Melissa 2025-11-20 [Education International]
Jamaica They came from Jamaica for work, now they're homeless and out thousands of dollars in lost wages 2025-10-01 [CTV]
Young entrepreneurs, workers see hope in phased wage hike 2025-09-11 [The Observer]
Fix the Jamaica Teaching Council Bill! 2025-05-14 [Education International]
Jamaica Caribbean Union of Teachers concerned about 'overreaching' JTC bill 2025-05-07 [Radio Jamaica]
Jamaica launches “Go Public! Fund Education” campaign amid critical teacher shortage 2025-03-26 [Education International]
USA Union fighting for job security, benefits for Jamaican farmworkers in US 2025-03-23 [The Gleaner]
Labour ministry outlines measures aimed at protecting farmworkers in Canada 2025-02-01 [The Gleaner]
Jamaica Morant Bay Women’s Centre gets $2.6m from Canadian Healthcare Union 2024-11-20 [Loop]
Jamaica Canadian union supports adolescent mothers in Jamaica with $2.6M donation 2024-11-19 [CNW]
Protect workers against exploitation by foreign investors, trade unionist urges 2024-10-30 [Radio Jamaica]
Government, JCTU reach agreement on outstanding compensation items 2024-09-15 [loop]
We are getting tired and fed up of this – UTASA president 2024-08-13 [Jamaica Gleaner]
NWU reports partial progress in resolving dispute with JPS 2024-05-10 [IRIE FM]
JPS on 72 hour strike notice 2024-05-05 [RJR News]
The UWI, union leaders ink interim wage agreement 2024-05-03 [The Gleaner]
JTA applauded for 60 years of advocacy 2024-04-02 [Jamaica Observer]
Workers at Spectrum Management Authority issue 72-hour strike notice 2024-03-23 [The Gleaner]
Trade unionist calls for publication of full Finsac report 2024-03-15 [Jamaica Observer]
Teleperformance Jamaica, UNI Global Union and BITU Trade Union announce new agreement 2024-01-26 [UNI Global Union]
UCASE unhappy with pace of salary talks at UC Rusal 2024-01-25 [The Observer]
The evolution of the Shipping Association of Jamaica 2024-01-16 [The Gleaner]
Lab technologists return to work at National Public Health Laboratory and National Blood Transfusion Services 2024-01-11 [Radio Jamaica]
Public sector dentists decry lack of adequate resources 2024-01-07 [Radio Jamaica]
UTech grades released following talks 2024-01-06 [The Gleaner]
UTech academic staff reportedly restive, students' union concerned about grades 2024-01-01 [The Gleaner]
BITU welcomes digital transformation, upskilling of labour force 2023-11-13 [The Observer]
Canada shines light on gender equality champions in Jamaica 2023-11-09 [The Observer]
Simon Black discusses unionization’s empowerment of Jamaican domestic workers 2023-11-09 [Brock U]
IDT rules CTL employees were unjustifiably dismissed after 2016 strike 2023-11-05 [The Gleaner]
Jamaica Labour minister tours Canadian farms amid reports of death of Jamaican worker 2023-10-25 [The Gleaner]
Brock researcher delivers report on domestic workers’ rights in Jamaica 2023-10-13 [Brock U]
Security guards' fight goes back to court 2023-08-21 [The Observer]
Med techs move to act against UTASP 2023-08-20 [The Observer]
Tourism Workers Pension Scheme Pulls in $876 Million 2023-07-29 [Turbo News]
NWC, unions iron out five-point agreement 2023-07-19 [The Gleaner]
NWC workers issue 72-hour strike notice 2023-07-09 [The Gleaner]
Bureau of Standards employees restive 2023-07-03 [Radio Jamaica]
Unions want urgent resolution to dispute between HEART, employees 2023-06-26 [The Gleaner]
Household horrors! Domestic workers union hopes to see silence broken on traumatic tales of sexual harassment in the workplace 2023-06-26 [The Gleaner]
Techa Clarke-Griffiths elected first female president of 104-y-o civil service union 2023-05-28 [The Gleaner]
Labour Day: the ILO and workers’ rights at home and abroad 2023-05-24 [The Gleaner]
Civil servants vote for a new leader 2023-05-12 [The Observer]
BPO sector mulls AI, union representation 2023-05-12 [The Gleaner]
[More News]This month in labour history
9-05-1935 Port workers in Kingston refused to load the MV Costa Rica. One of their complaints was that they were not being paid for their lunch hour and demanded a settlement. They won their demands. [more]
13-05-1935 Workers loading bananas in Oracabessa went on strike, rioted, cut power lines and blocked roads to stop scabs. British colonial authorities sent in armed police to suppress the strike, but strikes spread. [more]
19-05-1935 200 banana loaders employed by the United Fruit Company in the port in Kingston went on strike. British police later opened fire, wounding one woman but the strike spread. [more]
21-05-1935 Port workers in Falmouth went on strike. When the employers threatened to use strikebreakers, the strikers rioted. British police opened fire, killing one worker. [more]
26-05-1938 Kingston was brought to a halt by a general strike after a police massacre of striking construction workers. When British authorities ordered the arrest of a popular leader, this sparked further strikes. [more]
