HC Deb 15 February 1939 vol 343 cc1747-8W
Mr. Creech Jones

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what trade unions are operating in British Guiana, Trinidad, and Jamaica and which are registered with the Government?

Mr. M. MacDonald

The latest information available as to the number and names of registered trade unions in the three Colonies mentioned is as follows:

In British Guiana—six unions (as at the 18th of October, 1938):

  • The British Guiana Labour Union,
  • The British Guiana Workers' League,
  • The Man-Power Citizens' Association,
  • The British Guiana Seamen's Union,
  • The Transport Workers' Union of British Guiana,
  • The British Guiana Post Office Workers' Union.

In Trinidad, 16 unions (as at the 9th of February, 1939):

  • The Trinidad Tenants (National),
  • The Trinidad Commission Agents' Association,
  • The Trinidad Commodities Association,
  • The Amalgamated Building and Wood Workers' Union,
  • The Trinidad Condensed Milk Association,
  • The Oilfield Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Federated Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Seamen's and Water Front Workers' Trade Union,
  • The All-Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factories Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Public Works Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Shipping Association of Trinidad,
  • The All-Trinidad Transport and General Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Oilfield Employers' Association of Trinidad,
  • The Railway Workers' Trade Union,
  • The Trinidad and Tobago Union of Shop Assistants and Clerks, and
  • The Printers' Industrial Union.

In Jamaica—six unions (as at the zest of October, 1938):

  • The People's Progressive Union No. r of the Jamaica Federation of Labour,
  • The Longshoremen's Union No. 2 of the Jamaica Federation of Labour,
  • The Jamaica Workers' and Tradesmen Union,
  • The Jamaica Hotel Employés' Association,
  • The Jamaica United Clerks' Association,
  • The Builders and Allied Trades Union.

Three further unions in Jamaica have made application for registration, the names of which are as follows:

  • The Jamaica Artisans' Federated Union,
  • The Jamaica Chauffeurs' Union,
  • The Painters' Welfare League Association,

There also exist in Jamaica five industrial workers' unions which have as yet made no application for registration.