National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago
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The National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC) is a trade union federation 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 100,000.
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 that resulted in the formation of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and Non-Governmental Organisations (FITUN) as a separate trade union centre.
Affiliated unions
Those unions affiliated to NATUC include:
All Trinidad 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
Oilfields Workers' Trade Union
Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union
Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago
Transport and Industrial Workers Union
Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union
Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association
See also
List of trade unions
List of federations of trade unions
References
ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
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