PLANS BY THE WORKERS' PARTY OF JAMAICA TO INSTIGATE A PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM

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• Publication Date: September 1, 1984

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PARTY OF JAMAICA TO INSTIGATE A PUBLIC WORKERS
STRIKE WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM
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Dates:
Date Published: 01-Sep-1984 14:40:00
Date Received: 01-Sep-1984 18:40:00
Coverage:
Region: COUNTRY: JAMAICA
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SUBJECT: PLANS BY THE WORKER'S PARTY OF JAMAICA TO
INSTIGATE A PUBLIC WORKERS STRIKE WITHIN THE
PRISON SYSTEM
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A MEETING
WAS HELD ON
TO DISCUSS
24 AUGUST 1984 AT WPJ HEADQUARTERS IN KINGSTON
WPJ PLANS TO INSTIGATE A STRIKE WITHIN THE JAMAICAN
PRISON SYSTEM. THE MEETING, WHICH LASTED APPROXIMATELY
ONE HOUR, WAS ATTENDED BY WPJ GENERAL SECRETARY TREVOR
((MUNROE)), WPJ ACTIVIST AND UNITED ALLIED
WORKER'S UNION VICE PRESIDENT LAMBERT ((BROWN)),
WPJ ACTIVIST AND SOCIAL ACTION CENTER ORGANIZER HORACE
((LEVY)), SEVERAL WPJ GUNMEN FROM THE ARNETTE GARDENS
SECTION OF SOUTH ST. ANDREW IN KINGSTON, AND SYDNEY
((GUTZMORE)), CHIEF DELEGATE OF THE KINGSTON GENERAL
PENITENTIARY FOR THE JAMAICAN UNION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (JUPOPE).
2. THE MEETING
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HAD BEEN CALLED TO DISCUSS WPJ EFFORTS TO
FOMENT LABOR
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UNREST AMONG PUBLIC WORKERS IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, IN
ORDER TO INITIATE A STRIKE AMONG PRISON GUARDS WHICH
WOULD COMPLEMENT LABOR STRIKES IN OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES
AND PUBLIC UTILITIES.
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GUTZMORE TOLD MUNROE THAT IF HE WERE PROVIDED WITH A CAR
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AND SEVERAL ASSISTANTS, HE WOULD BE ABLE TO ORGANIZE A
STRIKE AMONG PRISON WORKERS AT THE KINGSTON GENERAL
PENITENTIARY, THE ST. CATHERINE'S PARISH DISTRICT PRISON
IN SPANISH TOWN, AND AT OTHER PENAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE ISLAND. THE STRIKE, GUTZMORE SAID, COULD BE COORDINATED
WITH OTHER PLANNED LABOR STRIKES WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
TO PROTEST DETERIORATING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND GENERAL
POLITICAL DISSATISFACTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF
PRIME MINISTER ((SEAGA)).
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AFTER SOME DISCUSSION MUNROE AGREED TO PROVIDE GUTZMORE
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WITH A CAR AND FOUR ARMED WPJ SUPPORTERS FROM ARNETTE
GARDENS TO ASSIST HIM IN ORGANIZING THE STRIKE.
3. FOLLOWING
THIS
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DECISIN, THE GROUP DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITIES
OF SECURING
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THE RELEASE OF SEVERAL WPJ SUPPORTERS
FROM
PRISON.
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GUTZMORE
TO FACILITATE
HAD AGREED
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THE RELEASE OF SEVERAL WPJ MEMBERS
FROM THE KINGSTON
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GENERAL PENITENTIARY, WHERE HE WORKED. ACCORDING TO THE
STAFF MEMBER, MUNROE PROMISED TO PROVIDE GUTZMORE WITH
THE NAMES OF THOSE PRISONERS TO BE RELEASED. LAMBERT
BROWN ADDED THAT MILTON ((WILLACY)), A PROBATION OFFICER
WITHIN THE PENAL SYSTEM, WOULD ASSIST IN ANY EFFORTS TO
SECURE THE EARLY RELEASE OF W)
PERSONNEL
FROM PRISON.
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4. I COMMENT: M.D. ((MARCH)),
A PERMANENT SECRETARY IN THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, AND
COMMISSIONER OF PRISONS JUSTINE ((JARRETTE)) MET WITH
THE LEADERSHIP OF JUPOPE TO DISCUSS GUTZMORE'S WPJ RELATED
ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE PRISON SYSTEM. UNION OFFICIALS
AGREED THAT GUTZMORE SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TRANSFERRED
FROM THE KINGSTON GENERAL PENITENTIARY, IN ORDER TO LIMIT
HIS CONTACT WITH PRISON WORKERS. FURTHERMORE, UNION
OFFICIALS AGREED THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS WITHIN
THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SHOULD TAKE PERSONNEL ACTION
AGAINST GUTZMORE BY FORCING HIS REMOVAL FROM THE CORRECTIONAL
SYSTEM THEREBY CURBING WPJ INFLUENCE WITHIN PRISON
FACILITIES.)
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