Digital transformation holds the key to improving the labour market in the Caribbean, potentially addressing the vexing issue of brain drain; enabling the diaspora to return home and engage with the local economy; bringing widely-discussed economic diversification to fruition; and reducing reliance on government entities for jobs. All of this can be accomplished by Caribbean […]
St. George: May 19, 2021: Amicable discussions were held on Tuesday, as the Minister for Labour, Honourable Peter David, continued mediation in the ongoing dispute over the 4% salary increase due to teachers and public officers for 2021. The Minister, in his capacity as mediator, held joint talks with representatives of the Government’s Negotiating Team […]
The Ministry of Labour is continuing its efforts to bring resolution to the current industrial impasse, centered on the 4% wage/salary increase due to public officers. Minister for Labour, Honourable Peter David, in his role as mediator for industrial disputes, will meet with representatives of the Grenada Union of Teachers and Government’s Negotiating Team on […]
St. George: April 28, 2021: The Ministry of Education and by extension the Government of Grenada, is extremely concerned about the decision of the Grenada Union of Teachers to ask members to call in sick on Tuesday, leaving many students in a number of schools, unsupervised and at risk. The Ministry of Education previously raised […]
St. George’s: July 17, 2020: After three sessions of meetings held on the 14th, 15th and 16th of July, the dispute between the Technical and Allied Workers Union and the Grenada Electricity Services Ltd. remains unresolved. The dispute concerns the issue of annual vacation leave and whether or not the company can legitimately deem workers […]
Labour Day Message by Hon. Peter David, Minister for Labour. “Celebrating 65 years Educating, Empowering and Building Capacity among workers” May 1, 2020. Sisters and Brothers, Once again, the workers of the world have risen to a global challenge. In the face of this devastating pandemic, COVID-19 – you are the true heroes. Here in […]
January 14, 2019 – Chairman of Government’s Pension Engagement Committee, Honourable Oliver Joseph has referred the deadlock in pension negotiations with trade unions and staff associations representing public officers to Labour Commissioner, Mr. Cyrus Griffith. The referral is in keeping with the procedures for settling disputes as provided for in Section 45, Sub-section 2 of […]
Numerous clarion calls have been made by unionists over the past few years for more youth involvement in trade union movements and activities, and Brian Grimes, Public Relation Officer (PRO) for the Public Workers Union (PWU) shares the same sentiments. In recent times, Grimes was noted saying that the involvement of young workers is “sorely […]
In a new joint report, ECLAC and the ILO indicate that labour conditions deteriorated in a context of low regional economic growth, although some signs of recovery exist. (October 19, 2017) The low economic growth experienced by Latin American and Caribbean countries in the last few years will continue affecting the region’s labour market performance […]
