The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) is a
trade union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...
representing education workers in
Bermuda
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The union was founded in 1919, the first to be established in the country.
Its founders were Edith Crawford, Matilda Crawford, Rufus Stovell and
Adele Tucker Adele Evelina Johnson Tucker MBE (8 August 1868 – 4 January 1971) was a Bermudian schoolteacher and trade unionist. She is best known as one of the founders of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, the first registered union on the island.
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, who were inspired by the deaths of several colleagues who were struggling financially.
[Adele Evelina Johnson Tucker]
Bermuda Bios. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
Trade unions were not officially legalised in Bermuda until 1946, and the BUT was the first to register with the government.
In 1964, the union absorbed the Teachers' Association of Bermuda, which represented white teachers. As a result, the union renamed itself as the Amalgamated Bermuda Union of Teachers, but returned to its original name in 1997.
External links
*{{official website, https://www.but.bm/
References
Education trade unions
Trade unions established in 1919
Trade unions in Bermuda