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Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions

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JCTU
Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
Founded1994
HeadquartersKingston, Jamaica
Location
Members
11 unions
Key people
Wayne Jones, general secretary
AffiliationsITUC

The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is a national trade union centre in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.

Origins

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The JCTU emerged from the Joint Trade Unions Research Development Centre (JTURDC) which was founded on 11 September 1980 by the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, the National Workers Union, the Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers and the Trade Union Congress.

Presidents

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1994: Hugh Shearer
2004: Lloyd Goodleigh
2016: Helene Davis-Whyte

See also

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References

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  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
  • "Organized Labor in Jamaica" in A History of Organized Labor in the English-speaking West Indies by Robert J. Alexander, Eldon M. Parker Greenwood Publishing Group, 2004 ISBN 0-275-97743-9