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Recognise and celebrate our workers

Fellow Jamaicans, Workers' Week and Labour Day 2021 find us still in the grip of the pandemic. Consequently, the overall theme – Safeguarding our Labour Force amid COVID-19 – is particularly relevant. In July 2020, almost five months after our...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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