§ Mr. D. Jonesasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many registered trade unions there are in British Guiana; and what are the names and the number of paid-up members of those whose books have been checked by the Registrar.
§ Mr. LytteltonThere were 47 registered trade unions in British Guiana on 31st December, 1952, the latest date for which full information is available. Numbers of paid-up members are not on record, but the following table is based on the annual return for 1952 made to the Registrar under the local trade union law:
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Name of Trade Union Number of Members 1. The British Guiana Labour Union 1,785 2. Man-Power Citizens' Association 7,272 3. Transport Workers' Union of British Guiana 1,965 4. British Guiana Post Office Workers' Union 225 5. Medical Employees' Union Not available 6. The British Guiana Amalgamated Building Trade Workers' Union 318 7. Government Employees' Union 77 8. The Moulders' and Mechanics' Union 205 9. Cosmopolitan Workers' Union 252 10. The Mahaica Supply Workers' Association 81 11. The British Guiana Commission Agents' Association 27 12. The Forest Products Association of British Guiana 18 13. The British Guiana and West Indies Sugar Boilers' Union 120 14. British Guiana Licensed Spirit Dealers' Association 45 15. British Guiana Dental Assistants' and Mechanics' Association 12 16. British Guiana Carters' Association 42 17. The British Guiana Fisheries Union 221 18. British Guiana Headmen's Union 494 19. Municipal Labour Trade Union 456 20. Ratepayers' and Cane Farmers' Union 106 21. Sugar Estates Clerks' Association 254 22. British Guiana Teachers' Association 550
Name of Trade Union Number of Members 23. The British Guiana Bakery Proprietors' Association 17 24. British Guiana Nurses' Union 50 25. Guiana Industrial Workers' Union 817 26. Colonial Workers' Union 490 27. British Guiana Coopers' Union 32 28. Guianese Workers' Federation 422 29. The British Guiana Rice Millers' Association 117 30. The British Guiana Civil Service Association 296 31. Public Works, Pure Water Supply Scheme and Sea Defence Workers' Union 805 32. The British Guiana Land Surveyors' Association 35 33. Clerical Workers' Union 384 34. Helena and Supply Ratepayers' Association 54 35. British Guiana Mine-Workers' Union 459 36. The Federation of Unions of Government Employees 6 (includes unions mentioned elsewhere) 37. Berbice River Forest Producers' Union 36 38. The Printers' Industrial Union 120 39. P.W.D. Contractors' Association 29 40. The British Guiana Workers' League 268 41. Saw-Mill and Wood Workers' Union 125 42. The British Guiana Soap Manufacturers' Association 12 43. The British Guiana Union of" Journalists Not available 44. Master Builders', Masons' and Decorators' Association of British Guiana 45. Shipwrights Association of British Guiana 46. The British Guiana and West Indies Federated Seamen's Union 47. The British Guiana Trades Union Council 15