Barbados Workers' Union
Encyclopedia
The Barbados Workers' Union is a trade union
in Barbados
. It was established in October, 1941. It has 25,000 members and represents them directly, negotiating with individual companies in each sector.
LeRoy Trotman, the general secretary, is a former president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
.
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...
in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. It was established in October, 1941. It has 25,000 members and represents them directly, negotiating with individual companies in each sector.
LeRoy Trotman, the general secretary, is a former president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions , and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when it merged with the World Confederation of Labour to form the...
.
External links
- www.bwu-bb.org Official site.