Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions

JCTU

Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Kingston, Jamaica
Location	Jamaica
Members	11 unions
Key people	Wayne Jones, general secretary
Affiliations	ITUC

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

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

1994: Hugh Shearer

2004: Lloyd Goodleigh

2016: Helene Davis-Whyte

See also

• List of trade unions
• List of federations of trade unions

References

• 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