When the president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce declared that Jamaica’s labour laws favour workers “a little bit more than they should,” he did more than advance a business position. He reopened the country’s oldest unfinished argument — and exposed the silence of those who once fought it.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, June 10, 2026 — Jason Russell did not set out to start a class war. Fresh from his unopposed re-election as president of the Montego Bay Chamber of Commerce and Industry in late May, he was simply doing what chamber presidents do: advancing the interests of capital.
