Trade unions in Saint Lucia
| National organization(s) | Trade Union Federation (TUF) |
|---|---|
| Total union membership | 10,000 |
| Density | 25% (2013)[1] |
| International Labour Organization | |
| St Lucia is a member of the ILO | |
| Convention ratification | |
| Freedom of Association | 14 May 1980 |
| Right to Organise | 14 May 1980 |
Trade unions in Saint Lucia first emerged in the 1930s. The St Lucia Teachers' Association was established in 1934 as a professional organisation.[2] Following the formalisation of collective bargaining on the island in 1938, the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union was founded in 1939.[3][4]
All unions on the island, with the exception of the National Workers Union, are members of the Trade Union Federation (TUF), the country's national centre.[2]
The following unions currently[update] operate in Saint Lucia:
| Union | Established | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| National Workers Union | 1973 | General |
| Saint Lucia Civil Service Association | 1951 | Public |
| Saint Lucia Teachers Union | 1934 | Education |
| Saint Lucia Workers' Union | 1939 | General |
| Saint Lucia Seamen, Waterfront and General Workers Union | 1945 | Ports |
| Vieux-Fort General and Dock Workers Union | 1964 | General |
References
- ^ Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and House Committee on Foreign Affairs (2013). Country reports on human rights practices. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. p. 3053.
- ^ a b "Find Trade Union expertise in Saint Lucia". Commonwealth of Nations. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Docherty, James C.; Velden, Sjaak van der (2012). "Saint Lucia". Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor. Scarecrow Press. p. 234. ISBN 978-0-8108-6196-1.
- ^ Alexander, Robert J.; Parker, Eldon M. (2004). "The Labor Movement in St Lucia". A History of Organized Labor in the English-speaking West Indies. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 193–206. ISBN 978-0-275-97743-6.
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N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.
^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.
†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.
ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.
#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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