Structure of the JIC
THE JIC for Port Bustamante comprises 12 members, six appointed from the Shipping Association of Jamaica with the other six being appointed by the trade unions representing portworkers. All members of the Council retire annually but are eligible for...

JIC can take credit for significant work
THE BIRTH of the Joint Industrial Council (JIC) for Port Bustamante on August 26, 1952, emerged out of an era of great industrial unrest and turbulence in the shipping industry.

JIC for Port Bustamante alive and well
THE LABOUR unrests of the 1930s, which took centrestage on the Kingston waterfront, provided the early impetus for the establishment of the Joint Industrial Council for Port Bustamante.