00661nam a2200085Ia 4500100002000000245006100020260000900081520046600090583001900556  aCOWELL, Noel M.  aStatutory regulation and industrial conflict in Jamaica.  c1996  aDiscusses the impact of the 1975 Labour Relations and Industrial Disputes Act (LRIDA).  Argues that the Act heralded the dominance of the law and the legal profession over industrial relations, and robbed workers of the 'right to strike', which they were presumed to have by virtue of custom and practice.  Further, it ushered in a new framework of industrial relations in which the most vulnerable workers are exposed to dismissal for withdrawing their labour.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR