National Union of Government and Federated Workers
Founded1967 (1967)
HeadquartersPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Location
Members
Approx 20,000 (2006)
Key people
James Lambert (President General)
Jillian Bartlett Alleyne (General Secretary)
AffiliationsNATUC
PSI
IUF
Websitenugfw.org


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 the largest union in the country.

At the inaugural convention, union leaders declared: "It is recognised that labour unity is essential to the social, economic and political progress of all workers. It is recognised, too, that the fragmentation of the labour movement inhibits such progress."

See also

References

  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
  • Myrtle Ramkeesoon (1982). The History of the NUGFW: its contribution to the political, social and economic development of Trinidad and Tobago. unpublished.


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