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Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

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The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU, also referred to as the Busta Union) is a trade union center in Jamaica established by Sir Alexander Bustamante. The BITU was formed in 1938, as a split from the Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union.[2] It built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years.[1] It is affiliated to the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.

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Presidents

1938: Alexander Bustamante[3]
1977: Hugh Shearer[3]
2004: Rudyard Spencer[3]
2007: Kavan Gayle[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Knowles, William (1959). Trade Union Development and Industrial Relations in the British West Indies. University of California Press. pp. 71–72. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    Alexander, Robert J. (2004). A History of Organized Labor in the English-Speaking West Indies. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. ISBN 0275977439.
  3. [3]
    "'Ruddy' Spencer gets Shearer's job". Jamaica Observer. 1 August 2004. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. [4]
    Coke Lloyd, Jacqueline (12 November 2021). "Leadership: a journey". Daily Observer.
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