Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union

{{short description|Trade union in Trinidad and Tobago}}

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|location_country= Trinidad and Tobago

|affiliation = NATUC, ITF

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|full_name = Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union

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|headquarters = Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

|key_people = Michael Annisette, President

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The Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago.

The union was founded in 1937 by Cecil Alexander (died 1956), who also was long-term president of the Union.{{cite book | last=Knowles | first=W.H. | title=Trade Union Development and Industrial Relations in the British West Indies | publisher=University of California Press | year=2023 | isbn=978-0-520-32049-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ImvfEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT186 | access-date=2024-02-11 | page=186}} In 1954 the union had a membership of around 2,000 and was based in Charlotte Street, Port of Spain. It was member of the Trinidad and Tobago Federation of Trade Unions.{{cite book | title=Directory of International Trade Union Organizations | series=Directory of International Trade Union Organizations | issue=pt. 2 | year=1954 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IJ5ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA173 | access-date=2024-02-11 | page=3-PA173}} As of 2024 the union is part of the trade union federation National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC).{{cite book | last=Publishers | first=MEP | title=Trinidad & Tobago Business Guide | publisher=Prospect Press/MEP | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=plnEYZHJ9B8C&pg=PA70 | language=es | access-date=2024-02-11 | page=70}}

Its historical base was the port but this has shrunk in significance over the years. It retains a dock and seafarers membership but has expanded into organising local factories such as National Flour Mills (NFM) and the West Indian Tobacco Company (WITCO), a cigarette making company.