Labour Policies in the West Indies

International Labour Organization, Labour Policies in the West Indies, Geneva: ILO, 1952.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter I: Pre-War Economic and Social Background.
Economic Factors
Social Factors
Conclusion

Chapter II: Wartime and Post – War Trends.
Regional Cooperation – The Caribbean Commission
Altering Patterns of Economic Policy
Wartime and Post-War Economic Changes
Expansion of Social Services
Political Organisation

Chapter III: Manpower.
General Government Policies
Extent of the Employment Problem
Action Against Unemployment

Chapter IV: The Machinery of Industrial Relations.
British Territories
United States Territories
French Territories
Netherlands Territories

Chapter V: Wages, Hours and Conditions of Work.
British Territories
United States Territories
French Territories
Netherlands Territories

Chapter VI: Women, Children and Young Persons.
Children and Young Persons
Women

Chapter VII: Social Security and Related Provisions.
French Territories
British, United States and Netherlands Territories
Planning and Prospects

Chapter VIII: Labour Legislation.
British Territories
United States Territories
French Territories
Netherlands Territories

Chapter IX: West Indian Labour Problems and the I.L.O.
Some Major Problems of Labour Policy in the West Indies
Some Aspects of the Application of International Labour Conventions to the West Indian Territories
The International Labour Organisation and the West Indies

Appendices:

I. Area and Population of West Indian Territories.

II. Labour Force of British West Indian Territories at Latest Census.

III. Puerto Rico: Civilian Population 14 Years of Age and Over, by Employment Status and Sex.

IV. Jamaica: Data Regarding Wage Earners and Gainfully Occupied Population.

V. Jamaica Sugar Industry: Underemployment and Seasonal Unemployment.

VI. Jamaica: Labour Union Organisation and Assets.

VII. Jamaica: Distribution of Organised Labour according to Major Industries in March 1948.

VIII. Jamaica: Industrial Disputes Involving Stoppage of Work according to Industry.

IX. Puerto Rico: Wage orders Issued by the Minimum Wage Board up to November 1949.

X. Jamaica: Employment, Working Hours and Wages in Selected Industries in the Kingston Area.

XI. Jamaica: Wage Rates and Hours in Principal Industries, 1950.

XII. Trinidad: Wages.

XIII. Puerto Rico: Average Hourly Wages by Industries, Fiscal Years 1934 – 1935 to August 1949.

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