National Union of Government Employees
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In 1957 the National Union of Government Employees (NUGE), a former trade union
in Trinidad and Tobago
, was formed as a result of a merger between the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union
, the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union
and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union
. Later that same year, the Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union
transferred its daily paid members to the NUGE and were followed in 1959 by the Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union
.
The Union subsequently merged in 1967 with the Federated Workers Trade Union
to form the National Union of Government and Federated Workers.
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 Trinidad and Tobago
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...
, was formed as a result of a merger between the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union
Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union
The Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
, the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union
Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union
The Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
and the Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union
Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union
The Works and Hydraulics Industrial Workers Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged in 1957 with the Government Farm and Nursery Workers Trade Union and the Industrial and Railway Employees Trade Union to form the National Union of Government Employees-See also:* List of trade...
. Later that same year, the Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union
Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union
The Communication Services and General Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that transferred its daily paid members to the National Union of Government Employees in 1959. The Union no longer exists.-See also:* List of trade unions...
transferred its daily paid members to the NUGE and were followed in 1959 by the Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union
Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union
The Public Works and Public Service Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that merged with the National Union of Government Employees in 1959.-See also:* List of trade unions* Federated Workers Trade Union...
.
The Union subsequently merged in 1967 with the Federated Workers Trade Union
Federated Workers Trade Union
The Federated Workers Trade Union was a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago that was formed in 1935. It was Registered in 1937 and became the recognised union for some workers in the private sector but also those in the Public Works Department and the Trinidad Government Railways.In 1959 the...
to form the National Union of Government and Federated Workers.