The Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union is a

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. 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.

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