ILO Caribbean studies and working papers, No. 2
The employment impact of restructuring and privatization in Trinidad and Tobago
This report traces the country's transition through restructuring and privatization and calls attention to their effects on jobs and employment.
Restructuring and privatization have a strong impact on management/worker relations, management practices and workers' skill profiles.
The success of these reforms rests with the commitment of the new owners of enterprises, the workers and their unions to improving the performance and
productivity of their environment, while safeguarding jobs, upgrading working conditions and forging sound management/worker relations.
This report traces the country's transition through restructuring and privatization and calls attention to their effects on jobs and employment. It also looks at the evolving patterns on industrial relations in various privatized/divested firms and the attendant changes in wage systems and workers' benefits.
This report was produced by Dr. Ralph Henry of Kairi Consultants Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago, for presentation at a regional Symposium entitled "Labour Issues in the Context of Economic Integration and Free Trade - A Caribbean Perspective," held from 20 to 22 January in Trinidad and Tobago under the aegis of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Caribbean Office, Port of Spain.
The Symposium brought together senior policy makers from Ministries of Labour, Trade, Planning and Economic Affairs and the leaders of employers and workers organizations to hear and discuss stateof-the-art reports on key issues of topical interest.
The success of these reforms rests with the commitment of the new owners of enterprises, the workers and their unions to improving the performance and
productivity of their environment, while safeguarding jobs, upgrading working conditions and forging sound management/worker relations.
This report traces the country's transition through restructuring and privatization and calls attention to their effects on jobs and employment. It also looks at the evolving patterns on industrial relations in various privatized/divested firms and the attendant changes in wage systems and workers' benefits.
This report was produced by Dr. Ralph Henry of Kairi Consultants Ltd., Trinidad and Tobago, for presentation at a regional Symposium entitled "Labour Issues in the Context of Economic Integration and Free Trade - A Caribbean Perspective," held from 20 to 22 January in Trinidad and Tobago under the aegis of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Caribbean Office, Port of Spain.
The Symposium brought together senior policy makers from Ministries of Labour, Trade, Planning and Economic Affairs and the leaders of employers and workers organizations to hear and discuss stateof-the-art reports on key issues of topical interest.
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- Dr. Ralph Henry, ILO Caribbean Office