In late 2012 The Employers’ Consultative Association of Trinidad and Tobago (ECA) hosted its Annual Leadership series which featured a lecture by Mrs. Elizabeth Crouch, Change Agent & Role Model and former principal of St. Joseph’s Convent, Port of Spain speaking on the topic of Youth Employment entitled Expectation, Education, Enterprise: Putting the Next Generation of Leadership into Context.

In the past week, the city of Port of Spain has been engulfed in smoke that is exposing our citizens to levels of pollution; ten times the allowed level. This is not the result of natural causes, but instead the result of civil unrest.

In the 1960’s trade union membership was more than twice as much as it is now and industrial relations was more about power relations; hence, the prevalence of adversarial relationships between employers and employees.

Over the years, Employers Consultative Association (ECA) has been hearing a common problem among its employers - under-skilled labour force is very difficult to retain long-term.