The National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC) is a

trade union federation 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 a ...

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

. It was created in 1991 by the merger of the

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(TTLC) and the

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(CPTU). It has a membership of 100,000. The NATUC is affiliated to the

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and the

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. Following the 2000 Convention, divisions took place in NATUC which 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 Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union 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 re ...

Amalgamated Workers Union The Amalgamated Workers Union (AWU) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. AWU was formed in 1936 and originally registered in 1938 as the Amalgamated Building and Woodworkers Union following the historic Butler-led labour rebellions of that er ...

Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union The Aviation, Communication and Allied Workers Union (ACAWU) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago, most of whose members worked for BWIA West Indies Airways. BWIA West Indies Airways ceased operations on the 31 December 2006 and became C ...

* Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union *

Communication, Transport and General Workers Union The Communication, Transport and General Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago with most of its members in the former airline of BWIA. See also * List of trade unions This is a list of trade unions and union federations by ...

Contractors and General Workers Trade Union A general contractor, main contractor or prime contractor is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the course of ...

Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association The Customs and Excise Extra Guards Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which represents Extra Guards in the Customs and Excise Division of the Ministry of Finance. See also * List of trade unions This is a list of trade un ...

* Electronic Media Union of Trinidad and Tobago * Emperor Valley Zoo Staff Association * National Petroleum Staff Association *

National Union of Domestic Employees The National Union of Domestic Employees is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. In 1974, Clotil Walcott, along with James Lynch, Salisha Ali and others, established the National Union of Domestic Employees (NUDE) as a section of the Union of ...

National Union of Government and Federated Workers The National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was formed on 3 June 1967 out of a merger between the National Union of Government Employees and the Federated Workers Trade Union. It is ...

Oilfield Workers Trade Union A petroleum reservoir or oil and gas reservoir is a subsurface accumulation of hydrocarbons contained in porous or fractured rock formations. Such reservoirs form when kerogen (ancient plant matter) is created in surrounding rock by the presence ...

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

Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago The Steel Workers Union of Trinidad and Tobago (S.W.U.T.T.) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. The SWUTT is the recognized majority union in the ArcelorMittal Point Lisas steelworks, Tubecity I.M.S., Centrin Steel Company and National Flou ...

Transport and Industrial Workers Union The Transport and Industrial Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. See also * List of trade unions This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. International federations Global * Industrial Workers o ...

Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union The Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which is the recognised union for postal workers employed by TTPost. See also * List of trade unions This is a list of trade unions and union federation ...

Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago and is the representative organisation for teachers who are employed in the public education sector. Its membership approximates 10,800 teachers in activ ...

References

* International Trade Union Confederation Caribbean Congress of Labour National trade union centres of Trinidad and Tobago Trade unions established in 1991 1991 establishments in Trinidad and Tobago {{Caribbean-trade-union-stub