Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

BITU
Bustamante Industrial Trade Union
Founded	1938
Headquarters	98-100 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica
Location	Jamaica, West Indies;
Key people	George Fyffe, General Secretary / Kavan A. Gayle, President / Wesley Nelson, Snr., Vice President / Alden Brown, Vice President / Alvin Sinclair, Vice President
Affiliations	JCTU, ILO, ITF, UNI, IUF

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 and built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years.^[1]

It is affiliated to the global union federation - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.

References

^ ^a ^b 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.

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[WK58-1] 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.

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