Caribbean Congress of Labour - Frank Leslie Walcott, National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago, National Trade Union Congress of Belize (Paperback)

Chapters: Frank Leslie Walcott, National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago, National Trade Union Congress of Belize, Barbados Workers' Union, National Union of Public Workers, Belize National Teachers Union. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Frank Leslie Walcott, OBE (September 16, 1916 February 24, 1999) was a Barbadian trade unionist, politician, ambassador and one of the ten Barbadian national heroes. He played a key role in organizing the Barbados labour movement and was a major figure in stimulating participation in the nation's political process. Walcott was born in Saint Peter, and his policeman father died when Walcott was very young. He was raised in Bridgetown where he attended Wesley Hall Boys' School, excelling in mathematics and debate from an early age. Becoming an active unionist in his mid-twenties, Walcott served the Barbados Workers' Union for over fifty years. He also served three separate terms as president of the Caribbean Congress of Labour, as well as serving in the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation and as Vice-President of the Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. In addition to these posts, Walcott also served with the American Institute for Free Labour Development and was Chairman of the World Employment Conference. In politics, Walcott served as a Member of Parliament in the Barbados House of Assembly representing the Democratic Labour Party from 1945 to 1966 and again from 1971 to 1976. During the time between these terms he served as a Senator, and was President of that body from 1986 to 1991. After Barbados gained its independence in 1966, Walcott served as the nation's first Ambassador to the United Nations. He was appointed an Officer of the Ord...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1808104