All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
{{Short description|Trade union in Trinidad and Tobago.}}
{{Infobox union
|name = ATSGWTU
|location_country= Trinidad and Tobago
| members = Approx 2,000 (2006)
| full_name = All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
| native_name =
| image =
| founded = 1978
|predecessor = All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union
| dissolved =
| merged =
| headquarters = Rienzi Complex, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
| key_people = Nirvan Maharaj, President General
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
The All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union (ATSGWTU) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded in 1937 (as the All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union by the first President General Adrian Cola Rienzi) to represent workers in the sugar industry, but expanded its scope in 1978 to include workers in a variety of sectors.
Due to the closing of the government company, Caroni (1975) Ltd., in 2003 by the Trinidad and Tobago government, the ATSGWTU has lost around 10,000 members. The union is restructuring and attempting to focus on continued growth and development. The union has changed its name to the All Trinidad General Workers' Trade Union, ATGWTU, because of a loss of the country's sugar industry.{{cite web
| title = Sugar Union to Change Name
| url = http://newsday.co.tt/business/0,69545.html
| work = Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday 12/10/2007
| accessdate=December 13, 2007 | date = 2007-12-10
}}
Basdeo Panday, the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was the president of the ATSGWTU from 1973 until his appointment as Prime Minister in 1995.{{cite web
|title = Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP
|url = http://www.ttparliament.org/html/leaderopp.htm
|work = Leader of the Opposition
|accessdate = December 13, 2007
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071228021243/http://www.ttparliament.org/html/leaderopp.htm
|archivedate = 2007-12-28
|url-status = dead
}}
The ATSGWTU is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago and the Trinidad & Tobago Blind Welfare Association.
List of President Generals
- Adrian Cola Rienzi (1932-1946)
- Lionel Frank Seukeran (1946-1955)
- McDonald Moses (1955-1957)
- Bhadase Sagan Maraj (1957-1971)
- Krishna Gowandan (1971-1973)
- Basdeo Panday (1973-1995)
- Boysie Moore-Jones (1995-1999)
- Rudranath Indarsingh (1999-2012)
- Nirvan Maharaj (2012–present)
See also
{{Portal|Organized labour}}
References
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External links
- [http://atgwtu.blogspot.com ATGWTU Blogspot]
- [https://twitter.com/atgwtu ATGWTU @ Twitter]
- [https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107509795086841247552 ATGWTU Google plus]
Sources
- {{cite book
| year = 2005
| title = Trade Unions of the World
| editor = ICTUR
| editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights
| display-editors = etal
| edition = 6th
| publisher = John Harper Publishing
| location = London, UK
| isbn = 0-9543811-5-7
}}
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Category:Trade unions in Trinidad and Tobago
Category:International Trade Union Confederation
Category:Agriculture and forestry trade unions
Category:Agricultural organizations based in the Caribbean
Category:Sugar industry of Trinidad and Tobago
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