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Last Updated: Sep 22, 2017 - 2:34:50 AM |
Pictured is the Minister of Labour, Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes addressing the two-day Productivity Legislation Workshop sponsored by the International Labour Organization, the National Tripartite Council and the Department of Labour.
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The Minister of Labour, Senator the Hon. Dion Foulkes pledged the Government’s full commitment to continue to work with the International Labour Organization (ILO), the National Tripartite Council and all of its social partners to fully implement a National Productivity Council as he officially opened a two-day Productivity Legislation Workshop sponsored by the International Labour Organization and the National Tripartite Council at the Department of Labour yesterday.
“In order for The Bahamas to compete in the global arena it is essential that our productivity is increased in both the public and private sectors,” said Minister Foulkes.
The Labour Minister continued, “It is vital that we give focused attention to this topic of ‘National Productivity’ as we strive to increase our economic growth. The Government cannot achieve this goal by itself, therefore I congratulate the organizers of this workshop from the Department of Labour as well as President Ferguson and the Executives of TUC and President Evans and the Executives of the NCTU and CEO Sumner of The Chamber for their unwavering support in promoting and encouraging Social Dialogue and the utilization of the National Tripartite Council in our national development”.
Minister Foulkes thanked the International Labour Organization for its assistance to The Bahamas over the years. He extended special thanks to Mrs. Claudia Coenjaerts, ILO Director for the Caribbean as well as the Government’s social partners including the Trade Union Congress and National Congress of Trade Unions and The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation.
The workshop is designed to provide social partners a better understanding of National Productivity legislation in the region and assist in formulating recommendations for the consideration of the same here in The Bahamas.
The workshop was also addressed by Mr. Tyrone Morris, Secretary General of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas Trade Union Congress; Mr. Peter Goudie of and The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers’ Confederation; Mr. Bernard Evans, President of the National Congress of Trade Unions Bahamas and Mr. Kelvin Sergeant, ILO Specialist for Sustainable Enterprise and Job Creation.
Also in attendance were Senator the Hon. Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson; Ms. Cecilia Strachan, Permanent Secretary (Acting) in the Ministry of Labour; Mr. Robert Farquharson, Director of Labour and various labour leaders in the country.
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