Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union
Encyclopedia
Bahamas Hotel, Catering and Allied Workers Union is a trade union
organizing employees in the tourism
sector in The Bahamas
.
Leadership:
The union is affiliated to IUF.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
organizing employees in the tourism
Tourism
Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".Tourism has become a...
sector in The Bahamas
The Bahamas
The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of 29 islands, 661 cays, and 2,387 islets . It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba and Hispaniola , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands, and southeast of the United States...
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Leadership:
- President: Roy Colebrooke
- 1st Vice President:
- General Secretary: Leo Douglas
The union is affiliated to IUF.