National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago

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NATUC

National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
Founded	June, 1991
Members	80,000 (2006)
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Affiliation	ITUC Caribbean Congress of Labour
Key people	Robert Giuseppi, President Vincent Cabrera, General Secretary
Office location	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

The National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC) is national trade union center in Trinidad and Tobago. It was created in 1991 by the merger of the Trinidad and Tobago Labour Congress (TTLC) and the Council of Progressive Trade Unions (CPTU). It has a membership of 80,000.

The NATUC is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labour.

Following the 2000 Convention, divisions took place in NATUC which resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (FITUN) as a separate trade union centre.

[edit] Affiliated Unions

Those Unions affiliated to NATUC include:

• All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
• Amalgamated Workers Union
• Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union
• Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union
• Communication, Transport and General Workers Union
• Contractors and General Workers Trade Union
• Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association
• Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago
• Emperor Valley Zoo Staff Association
• National Petroleum Staff Association
• National Union of Domestic Employees
• National Union of Government and Federated Workers
• Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union
• Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago
• Transport and Industrial Workers Union
• Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union

[edit] See also

• List of trade unions

[edit] References

• (2005) in ICTUR et al,: Trade Unions of the World, 6th, London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.