Securing the jobs of Jamaican workers must be one of the main focus of not only the trade union, but also that of Government, Prime Minister Bruce Golding told the triennial general meeting of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) at the Jamaica Conference Centre recently.

"Work today doesn't guarantee work tomorrow," he said as he described a paradigm shift in work relations.

More marketable workforce

In an effort to highlight the seriousness of the issue of job security, Mr. Golding explained that "... the security of employment even in organised working environment is under stress, if not under threat."

Mr. Golding said the Jamaican workforce must be made more marketable by being trained as skill workers. "No country can move forward if is pure nurses, doctors and professors."