title: Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
text: # Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions
  
  The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is a national trade union center in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.
  
  ## Origins
  
  The JCTU emerged from the Joint Trade Unions Research Development Centre (JTURDC) which was founded on 11 September 1980 by the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, the National Workers Union, the Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers and the Trade Union Congress.
  
  ## Presidents
  
      1994: Hugh Shearer
      2004: Lloyd Goodleigh
      2016: Helene Davis-Whyte
  