Trade Union Education Institute (TUEI)
Welcome
History
Originally
a gift from the United States Government to the trade unions and people
of Jamaica in 1973. The TUEI was established to train upper level trade
union personnel from Jamaica and the Eastern Caribbean for free and
democratic trade union leadership.
Core Activities
• Providing training certificate programmes, courses, lectures and classes in trade union and labour education.
• Promoting research into industrial relations in the Caribbean region.
• Fostering the development of healthy industrial relations in the region.
• Organising international, regional and local conferences on Labour
Education.
Courses Offered
The Certificate in Labour Studies
This
certificate programme is a valuable educational option targeted at
industrial relations practitioners and staff. It is structured around
themes to improve knowledge and
skills in labour studies
Courses
for the Certificate include: Getting Started In Labour Studies, Labour
Economics for the Caribbean Society, Caribbean Society, Politics and
Government , Labour Law,, Trade Unionism in a Historical and
Contemporary Context, Human Resource Management for Industrial
Relations Practitioners, Human Relations and Interpersonal
Communication for Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, and
Communication for Industrial Relations.
( provide link to pdf file on SCS website ).
Landmark Moments at the TUEI
May 1959 - Grant to conduct Labour Education survey
June 1959 - First Labour Education survey
August 1959 - - Labour Education Conference, UCWI, Mona
September 1959 - Labour Education Conference, British Guiana ( Belize )
1963 - Establishment of the TUEI. Rex Nettleford is co-opted to
the Advisory Board of the TUEI
1964 - First Regional One-Month Course & the TUEI evolves into
a regional training institute.
1970 - Continuation of worker management courses
1975 - Workers Bank & Capital Formation Courses conducted in
Jamaica & Trinidad & Tobago .
• ALCAN Caribbean Management Seminar
• UNDP Workers' Population Education Programme
1982-1989 - Project for the Development of Caribbean Women in Trade
Unions Project for the Development of Caribbean Trade
Unionists
1989 - Advanced Leadership Course for Middle- & Upper-Level
Trade Unionists
1995 & 1996 - Inter-American Development Bank Labour Economics
Courses
1999 - Michael Manley Symposium on: “A Voice at the
Workplace: An Exploration of Manley's Contribution to
Labour & Employment Relations”
2000 - Symposium: The Life & Work of the Rt. Excellent Marcus
Mosiah Garvey & the Rt. Excellent Sir Alexander
Bustamante