KINGSTON, Jamaica - Normality is expected to return Friday to two of the nation’s main public agencies- the Petrojam Oil Refinery and the National Water Commission (NWC) - affected by worker protests.
Salary talks involving Petrojam and the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees (UCASE) are to continue at the Ministry of Labour on October 25 arising from a sickout by disgruntled workers. Representatives of the state-owned.
Petrojam Limited says the supply of petroleum products to the market continues as the state-owned oil company works to restore normalcy to its operations. Dozens of workers affiliated to the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory.
Dozens of workers at state-owned oil refinery Petrojam have called in sick over protracted wage negotiations. Petrojam employs more than 250 workers. It's unclear the number of workers who are off the job. The work stoppage includes.
More than 40,000 private sector employees represented by three of the country’s bargaining unions could be negatively impacted by the Bank of Jamaica’s (BOJ) recent caution to businesses to temper any significant increase in wages amid current.