Trinidad ready to import Jamaican workers for low paying jobs

Sharon Saunders, Jamaica’s high commissioner to T&T, told The Gleaner she was pursuing an initiative that could allow Jamaicans to work in what is being informally referred to as a guest-worker programme.

Saunders stressed that such an effort had become necessary to address the urgent demand for workers in T&T, while Jamaica, its second-largest trading partner, had the supply to fill the void.

Jamaica’s unemployment rate continues to languish at a troubling 14 per cent while T&T is, by the admission of business owners, in dire need of labour in some sectors.

Saunders’ initiative has been endorsed by Trinidad’s National Security Minister Gary Griffith and President of Trinidad and Tobago’s Manufacturing Association (TTMA) Nicholas Loc Jack.

“I will tell you openly and on the record, I fully support that type of thing,” Loc Jack told The Gleaner. “We are short of labour in T&T and you have high unemployment.”

Added Loc Jack: “I have no problem taking Jamaicans and putting them to productive use so they can make a higher wage and send back money for their families.”

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I am sure that Portia will point to this as an achievement by her administration to lower unemployment here in Jamaica.

Boycott done yah now !!!