Thread: Jamaica pushing overseas work program as major industry

*Government pushing overseas work programme as major industry

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***Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles said the programme reflects government' proposal to find as many jobs overseas as possible for many Jamaicans and projected that it would become a force to be reckoned with in generating foreign exchange for the country.*


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KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 26, 2008 - The Jamaica government is aiming for its overseas employment programme to become one of the country's largest industries.


Minister of Labour and Social Security, Pearnel Charles said the programme reflects government' proposal to find as many jobs overseas as possible for many Jamaicans and projected that it would become a force to be reckoned with in generating foreign exchange for the country.


"The Ministry of Labour proposes that this overseas employment programme will become one of our largest industries, a foreign exchange earner for the country, so we intend to send thousands of workers to the United States, Canada and other countries," he said, addressing workers who were sent off to the US on Tuesday.


In its preparation to fulfill this mandate, he said the ministry had started training programmes to ensure that all workers sent abroad are certified and thus more marketable.


"The call should go out to many young Jamaicans who are sitting down, get yourselves trained, get into some institution and get trained, because we are going to need workers to send overseas," Mr Charles insisted.


The latest batch of workers totaling 104 is the largest ever sent off at any one time and were chosen from the Labour Ministry's Overseas Job Fair last October.


"We propose to send up to 2,000 workers by April 2 to the United States," the minister said, adding that more will be sent daily up to that date.
Fifty-three other workers also went to Canada on Monday.
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TRANSLATION:

PEOPLES NATIONAL PARTY SAYS TO JAMAICANS WE FAILED AND IF YOU WANT A JOB GO OVERSEAS

We propose to send up to 2,000 workers by April 2 to the United States," the minister said, adding that more will be sent daily up to that date.
Fifty-three other workers also went to Canada on Monday.

Really, first i've heard of this. Does the United States know about this "deployment' of Jamican workers or are they dispatching themselves?