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APPENDIX 2 SECTION 2 LABOUR MARKET TRENDS

Table 2: LABOUR MARKET STATISTICS
REG. # REG. DATE ADDRESS PARTY NO. 2
LABOUR STATISTICS 2013 2014 2015
AM -01/02 02/05/74 The Banking Insurance & General Workers Union Vincent Cabrera 2016 (QII)
02 16/10/35 Food Distributors Association E. H. Rooks Non-Institutional Population (15 years and over) 1,059.6 1,063.4 1,065.1 1067.3
(Chairperson) (‘000s)

06 15/09/37 Oilfield Workers Trade Union Ancel Roget Labour Force (‘000s) 650.2 658.6 645.3 641.9
Persons With Jobs (‘000s) 626.3 636.9 623.3 617.8
07 21/09/37 National Union of Government & Federated Workers James Lambert
Persons Without Jobs (‘000s) 23.9 21.7 22.0 24.1
08 19/11/37 Seamen & Waterfront Workers' Trade Union Michael Annisette Participation Rate (%) 61.4 61.9 60.6 60.1

09 24/11/37 All Trinidad General Workers Trade Union Nirvan Maharaj Unemployment Rate (%) 3.7 3.3 3.4 3.8
11 05/07/38 Shipping Association of Trinidad & Tobago Paul J. Williams Productivity Growth/Changes (%) 3.2 1.1 -1.4 -5.4
17 25/03/38 Public Services Association of Trinidad & Tobago Watson Duke Source: CSO
37 24/01/48 Trinidad & Tobago Airline Pilots Association David Pereira
(Chairman) Amidst depressed economic conditions in the domestic environment, the
unemployment rate increased to 3.8% in the second quarter of 2016 from 3.4% in
41 28/10/50 Customs Clerks & Customs Brokers Association Nicholas Rostant
2015. The preliminary estimates from the Central Statistical Office of Trinidad and
42 09/11/50 Trinidad & Tobago Postal Workers Union David Forbes Tobago (CSO) revealed a small increase in the non-institutional population to
47 27/03/51 Trinidad and Tobago Union of Commercial & Industrial Workers Kelvin Gonzales 1,067.3 thousand persons. There were 5,500 less persons with jobs in the second
quarter of 2016 compared with 2015 and the number of persons classified as
55 29/11/54 Communication Transport & General Workers Union Raymond Small unemployed grew by 10% to 24,100 persons at the end of June 2016. Triggered

60 27/06/53 Amalgamated Workers Union Clyde De Freitas mainly by lower productivity in the Assembly and Related Products Industry,
productivity declined in the second quarter of 2016 by 5.4% compared with the
61 29/07/53 Communication Workers Union Joseph Remy
decline of 1.4% in 2015.
115 16/06/59 Government Pensioners Association of Trinidad & Tobago Charles M. John

118 28/11/91 Trinidad & Tobago Tourist Transport & Services Association Sydney Valere
Chart 2: LABOUR FORCE STATISTICS
130 30/03/61 West Indies Film Board of Trade Deen Seeterram
1,200
143 04/05/62 Transport & Industrial Workers Union of Trinidad & Tobago Ronald Sutherland
149 13/09/62 Sugar Industry Staff Association Jairam Ramkissoon
1,000
196 09/11/66 Contractors & General Workers Trade Union Aynsley Matthews
231 21/06/69 National Petroleum Staff Association Raphael Anthony 800
261 15/05/72 West Indies Group of University Teachers St. Augustine Bishnu Ragoonath
279 05/07/73 Trinidad Cement Senior Staff Association Harry Garibsingh 600
288 15/08/74 Senior Staff Association of Trinidad & Tobago Electricity Commission Ronald de Silva LABOUR FORCE (’000s)

290 06/12/73 *The Association of Technical Administrative & Supervisory Staff of Washington Demas 400 PERSONS WITH JOBS (’000s)
Caroni Limited NON-INSTITUTIONAL POPULATION
(15 years and over) (‘000s)
291 31/10/74 Trinidad Islandwide Rice Growers Association Ramdeo Rambalack 200
304 03/02/75 Managers & Supervisors Association of Trinidad & Tobago Gail Roberts
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2013 2014 2015 (QIII) 2016 (QII)

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