The University of the West Indies Press, will launch its new publication A to Z of Industrial Relations in the Caribbean Workplace by George J. Phillip and Benthan H. Hussey on Wednesday, September 27 in the Assembly Hall, UWI, Mona at 6:00 p.m. The book is a revision and expansion of the earlier successful publication of A–Z of Industrial Relations Practices at the Workplace and now includes a selection of industrial relations cases from Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, suitably summarized and organized.
The A to Z offers useful strategies for understanding and handling absenteeism, strikes, fighting on the job, productivity and wage compensation. It emphasizes that the key to a productive and positive relationship between managers and workers is the establishment of mutual trust in the workplace.
The University of the West Indies Press is committed to bringing first-rate scholarship on the history and culture of the various countries in the Caribbean to the attention of the world, and this book adds to the extensive list of 250 books that the Press has published over the last 13 years.
For further information contact Aisha Harris at the University of the West Indies Press, 7a Gibraltar Hall Road, Mona, Kingston or call (876) 977-2659; email uwipress_marketing@cwjamaica.com or URL http://www.uwipress.com