Won bargaining rights to negotiate teachers’ salaries and fringe benefits
Study leave facility (6 months with full pay and 6 months no pay instituted in the 1966 post-Independence Code of Regulations)
Milestone Date
Unification of 5 teachers’ unions/associations [Jamaica Union of Teachers, (JUT); Association of Headmasters and Headmistresses, (H2H2); Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions (ATTI); the Association of Teacher Training staffs (ATTS); and the Association of Assistant Masters and Mistresses (A2M2)] to form the Jamaica Teachers’ Association.
Milestone Date
Contact Officer
Evelyn Tugwell
Regional Office Address
Lot 3, Straddle Drive, Units 6 & 7 Summit Business Center
Fairview, Bogue
Montego Bay
St. James
Jamaica
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Contact Officer
Devon Meek
Regional Office Address
Little Bay
Port Maria
St. Mary
Jamaica
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Contact Officer
Juno Gayle
Regional Office Address
5 1/2 Caledonia Road
Mandeville
Manchester
Jamaica
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Contact Officer
Basil Benjie
Regional Office Address
97B Church Street
Kingston
Kingston
Jamaica
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If a teacher dies intestate, that is, without a will, his or her beneficiaries could suffer a long and frustrating experience before anyone gets any benefit from the estate. It is recommended that each retiree ensures that their will is prepared.
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