Jamaica’s Truth-finding workforce getting ready report on Canadian farm work program
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Jamaica’s Truth-finding workforce getting ready report on Canadian farm work program

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Jamaica’s fact-finding workforce which evaluated the Seasonal Agricultural Staff Programme in Canada is getting ready its report after coming back from the two-week go to.

Over the 2 weeks, the workforce visited the provinces the place Jamaican farmworkers are employed.

The workforce’s report will likely be introduced in Parliament by Minister of Labour and Social Safety, Karl Samuda.

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Helene Davis-Whyte, President of the Jamaica Confederation of Commerce Unions (JCTU), who chairs the seven-member workforce, stated the farms have been chosen utilizing a random pattern methodology to make sure the validity of the group’s work.

The members additionally indicated that the farm employees have been cooperative and receptive to the duty drive.

In September, the Ministry of Labour and Social Safety reported that Cupboard had authorized the appointment of a seven-member fact-finding workforce to analyze the working situations of Jamaican farm employees in Canada.

The motion was taken after a number of Jamaican farm laborers in Canada complained about situations of their seasonal working preparations.

Following the allegations, the minister visited a number of farms in Canada the place Jamaican laborers are employed and later said that he noticed no justifiable foundation for the considerations.

Nonetheless, there have been nonetheless considerations, and members of the fact-finding workforce have been appointed to analyze the matter.

 The very fact-finding workforce was anticipated to:

  • Conduct a random collection of Canadian farms overlaying all the place Jamaican farmworkers are employed.
  • Acquire information on the working situations of Jamaican employees employed beneath the Seasonal Agricultural Staff Programme (SAWP).
  • Interview employees who’ve been injured to evaluate the extent of care and responsiveness to their wants by the Jamaica Liaison Service in Canada and the Ministry of Labour and Social Safety.
  • Converse to employers and different curiosity teams to listen to considerations.
  • Present a report outlining the workforce’s findings, with suggestions to enhance the Jamaican Abroad Employment Programme in Canada.

Members of the workforce:

  1. Helene Davis-Whyte (Chair) – President, Jamaica Confederation of Commerce Union (JCTU).
  2. Donald (Danny) Roberts – Deputy Chairman, Industrial Disputes Tribunal (IDT).
  3. Wayne Chen – President, Caribbean Employers’ Federation.
  4. Raymond Eytle – Second Vice-President, Jamaican Employers’ Federation.
  5. Wayne Jones – Deputy Monetary Secretary, Strategic Human Useful resource Administration, Ministry of Finance and Public Service.
  6. Sidia Madden – Chief Inner Auditor, Ministry of Labour and Social Safety.
  7. Kandre Leveridge – Researcher/Group Improvement Specialist.