Trade unionist Vincent Morrison
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By Prince Moore
Trade unionist Vincent Morrison has expressed concern that the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Act remains on the back burner even as employees in various workplaces continue to face numerous hazards.
Mr Morrison, who is President of the Union of Clerical, Administrative and Supervisory Employees, told Radio Jamaica News that he has written to Labour Minister Karl Samuda requesting an update on the proposed legislation.
He complained that the matter is not being treated with the urgency required to protect workers, asserting that the delay is bordering on negligence by the government.
"All I'm asking is for the minister... to tell us where the act is... whether it has been cast into the bin, or whether it is going to be dusted off and Parliament will debate it... and pass it so that the Jamaican workers can be protected," he said.
He ruefully pointed to the alacrity with which bills relating to financial matters and crime control have been enacted by Parliament, in contrast to the the lack of attention given to the Occupational Safety & Health Bill.
In that regard, he asserted that "the workers of Jamaica need better treatment!"
The Occupational Safety and Health Act, when enacted, will replace the decades old Factories Act, which experts have maintained does not adequately address the needs of the modern workplace environment.
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