Jobs under threat - Labour minister says companies planning to send home hundreds - Points to global economic meltdown as cause of problems

Jamaica Gleaner News - Jobs under threat - Labour minister says companies planning to send home hundreds - Points to global economic meltdown as cause of problems - Friday | November 21, 2008: "An impending wave of job cuts triggered by the slowdown of the global economy has spurred Jamaica's Labour Minister Pearnel Charles to schedule a meeting with trade unions next week to head off the developing crisis.

According to Charles, several companies have indicated to the ministry that they will send home hundreds, if not thousands, of workers in the coming months."