Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations
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Arising out of the 2000 Convention of NATUC, the main national trade union centre in Trinidad and Tobago
, divisions took place which resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (FITUN). FITUN is not affiliated to any organisation.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
, divisions took place which resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (FITUN). FITUN is not affiliated to any organisation.
Affiliated Unions
Those Unions affiliated to FITUN include:- Communication Workers Union (Trinidad and Tobago)Communication Workers Union (Trinidad and Tobago)The Communication Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which has the bulk of its members in the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago ....
- Oilfields Workers' Trade UnionOilfields Workers' Trade UnionThe Oilfields Workers Trade Union or OWTU is one of the most powerful trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago. Currently led by Ancil Roget, the union was born out of the 1937 labour riots, the union was nominally led by the imprisoned TUB Butler but was actually organised by lawyer Adrian Cola Rienzi...
- Public Services AssociationPublic Services AssociationThe Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was originally known as the Civil Service Association but changed its name in 1971....