All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union

The All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union (ATSGWTU) is a trade union in Trinidad and Tobago. It was founded in 1937 (as the All Trinidad Sugar Estates and Factory Workers Union by the first President General Adrian Cola Rienzi) to represent workers in the sugar industry, but expanded its scope in 1978 to include workers in a variety of sectors.

ATSGWTU
Full nameAll Trinidad Sugar and General Workers' Trade Union
Founded1937
MembersApprox 2,000 (2006)
AffiliationNATUC, ITUC
Key peopleNirvan Maharaj, President General
Office locationRienzi Complex, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago
CountryTrinidad and Tobago

Due to the closing of the government company, Caroni (1975) Ltd., in 2003 by the Trinidad and Tobago government, the ATSGWTU has lost around 10,000 members. The union is restructuring and attempting to focus on continued growth and development. The union has changed its name to the All Trinidad General Workers' Trade Union, ATGWTU, because of a loss of the country's sugar industry.[1]

Basdeo Panday, the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, was the president of the ATSGWTU from 1973 until his appointment as Prime Minister in 1995.[2]

The ATSGWTU is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago and the Trinidad & Tobago Blind Welfare Association.

List of President Generals
  • Adrian Cola Rienzi (1932-?)
  • McDonald Moses (?-?)
  • Bhadase Sagan Maraj (?-?)
  • Krishna Gowandan (?-?)
  • Basdeo Panday (1973-1995)
  • Boysie Moore-Jones (1995-1999)
  • Rudranath Indarsingh (1999-2012)
  • Nirvan Maharaj (2012–present)

See also

References
  1. "Sugar Union to Change Name". Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday 12/10/2007. 2007-12-10. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
  2. "Hon. Basdeo Panday, MP". Leader of the Opposition. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved December 13, 2007.

Sources
  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
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