With six abstentions, both unions involved in Reynolds' dispute secured 133 votes.  This means the management of the company will have to decide the way forward.

Published Wednesday, January 5, 1955

Union tie in Reynolds poll

A tie for representational rights was recorded for the first time in local trade union history on January 4, 1955, in the poll conducted among workers employed to Reynolds (Jamaica) Mines the previous day.

A count of the votes by the Labour Department showed that the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU) and the National Workers Union (NWU) each secured 133 votes. There were six abstentions among the workers.

C. Greave Hill, acting labour adviser, said that it was now for the unions and the company to determine the next move.

Requested by the NWU, the poll was conducted at the company’s farms at Lydford in St Ann.  S.W. Mowatt, assistant labour adviser (conciliation), conducted the poll.

The BITU previously held bargaining rights for the workers at the plant.

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