CPDC labour education, awareness workshop wraps up today

A training workshop for regional labour representatives, designed to evaluate the progress, outcomes and challenges associated with the activities involved in building education and awareness on issues related to labor, gender and trade, concludes today at the Garraway Hotel.

The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) organized the initiative.

The two-day event, which began on Thursday, focused on the introduction and presentation of a series of reports and discussion exercises under the facilitation of CPDC Representatives Maureen Holder, Shantal Munro-Knight. Josephine Dublin-Prince of NWCT Dominica facilitated a session titled ‘Progress towards continuing and completing the objectives of the Project  – Brainstorming of Ideas’.

Island territories represented at the forum include  (but are not limited to) St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Guyana, St. Lucia, Dominica, and Barbados.

Today’s activities opened with a discussion on the subject ‘Considerations for Labour – The Issues Involved in Compliance’  and facilitated by CPDC Representative Maureen Holder.  Her talks were followed by a presentation and discussion session by representative of the indigenous groups in Dominica, Carib Chief Garnet Joseph. He spoke of the ‘Special Issues Impacting on Indigenous Persons.’

Kertist Augustus, Dominica NWCT, will discuss ‘Labour Considerations from a Union’s Perspective’, and Feminist Representative  Tracie Rogers spoke on ‘A Gender Perspective – Adequate use of information and disseminating this information to local communities where women are actively involved.

The final discussion of the day will focus on expanding training relationships and the emerging issues relating to the ‘Implications for Labour in the Caribbean’, by Labour Commissioner Matthew Leblanc.