The Grenada Trades’ Union Council (GTUC) located in Public Workers’ Union Building, was established on March 13, 1955, in the town of Gouyave, St. John and registered on April 4, 1955. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Council (ITUC)and Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL).
The GTUC is the single umbrella Trade Union in Grenda which represents all Unions, Bank & General Workers’ Union (BGWU), Commercial & Industrial Workers’ Union (CIWU), Grenada Manual Maritime and Intellectual Workers’ Union (GMMIWU), Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Public Workers Union (PWU), Technical & Allied Workers; Union (TAWU) and Seamen Waterfront Workers’ Union (SWWU). Its main activities are representing and lobbying for the unionized and ununionized workers of Grenada. We are engaged in the tri and multipartite activities in Grenada since inception.
GTUC has representation among others on: Parliament (Labour Senator), NIS boards and Committees, G’da Food & Nutrition Board, G’da Port Authority Board, Labour Advisory Board, Wages Advisory Board, G’da Bureau of Standards, Social Partners etc.
GTUC main public activities are organizing and hosting of May Day (May 1) and Solidarity Week (October).
Management Committee of GTUC
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André Lewis – President
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Brian Grimes – 1st Vice President
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Jude Bartholomew – 2nd Vice President
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Bert Paterson – General Secretary
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Paula Phillip – Treasurer
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Joseph Mithcell – Assit. General Secretary / Treasurer
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Richard Chase – Trustee
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Cephas Chase – Trustee
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Trevor Xavier – TAWU Rep
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Frankson Marshall – GUT Rep
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Daisy Hazzard – PWU Rep
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Marcus Henry – SWWU Rep
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Cadella Henry Victor – BGWU Rep
List of Presidents
- Clarence Ferguson 1955-1957
- L. A. Japal 1957-1960
- George B. Otway 1960-1966
- Derek Knight 1966
- Percival Louison
- Jeanette Dubois
- Osbert Benjamin
- Basil Harford 1985-1987
- Anslem DeBourg 1987 -1994
- C. Eric Pierre 1994-1997
- Derek Allard 1997-2005
- Madonna Harford 2005-2015
- Kenny James 2015-2017
- Andre’ Lewis 2017-present
List of General Secretaries
- Winston C.L. Dragon 1955-1960
- Henry B. Ferguson 1960-1961
- Eric Pierre 1961-1970
- Curtis Stewart 1970-1977
- John Ventour 1977-1983
- Claris Charles 1985-1987
- Elliot Bishop 1987-1991
- Claris Charles 1991-1996
- Oliver Joseph 1996-1997
- Ray Roberts 1997-2013
- Bert Paterson 2013-Present