Trade Unions In Saint Lucia

	Trade Unions In Saint Lucia Trade unions in Saint Lucia first emerged in the 1930s. The St Lucia Teachers' Association was established in 1934 as a professional organisation. Following the formalisation of collective bargaining on the island in 1938, the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union was founded in 1939. 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. The following unions operate in Saint Lucia: References {{authority control ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Trade Union Density The union density or union membership rate conveys the number of trade union members who are employees as a percentage of the total number of employees in a given industry or country. This is normally lower than collective agreement coverage rate, which refers to all people whose terms of work are collectively negotiated. Trade unions bargain with employers to improve pay, conditions, and decision-making in workplaces; higher rates of union density within an industry or country will generally indicate higher levels of trade union bargaining power, lower rates of density will indicate less bargaining power. Causes The causes of higher or lower union membership are widely debated. Common causes are often identified as including the following: whether a jurisdiction encourages sectoral collective bargaining (higher coverage) or enterprise bargaining (lower coverage) whether collective agreements to create a closed shop or allow automatic enrollment in union membership are lawful * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	National Workers' Union (Saint Lucia) The National Workers' Union (NWU) is a trade union in Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian .... The NWU originated as a split from the Saint Lucia Workers' Union (SLWU) in 1973 when SLWU executive committee member Tyrone Maynard was removed and subsequently started the NWU. References Trade unions in Saint Lucia International Trade Union Confederation Trade unions established in 1973 {{SaintLucia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	National Trade Union Center A national trade union center (or national center or central) is a federation or confederation of trade unions in a country. Nearly every country in the world has a national trade union center, and many have more than one. In some regions, such as the Nordic countries, different centers exist on a sectoral basis, for example for blue collar workers and professionals. Among the larger national centers in the world are the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Change to Win Federation in the USA; the Canadian Labour Congress; the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Britain; the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU); the Congress of South African Trade Unions; the Dutch FNV; the Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish LO; the German DGB; the French CGT and CFDT; the Indian BMS, INTUC, AITUC and HMS; the Italian CISL, CGIL and UIL; the Spanish CCOO, CNT, CGT and USO; the Czech ČMKOS; the Japan Trade Union Conf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Saint Lucia Workers' Union The Saint Lucia Workers' Union (SLWU) is a general trade union in Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ... and the first union in the country. Originally founded in 1939 as the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union, the union was renamed in 1956. Many of St Lucia's political parties have emerged from the union. By the late 1960s, the SLWU claimed 2,500 members. References {{SaintLucia-stub Trade unions in Saint Lucia International Trade Union Confederation Trade unions established in 1939 1939 establishments in Saint Lucia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]