A history of organized labor in the English-speaking West Indies / Robert J. Alexander with the collaboration of Eldon M. Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Robert J. (Robert Jackson), 1918-2010.

Contributor:

Parker, Eldon M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Caribbean, English-speaking--History.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Caribbean, English-speaking--History.

Labor unions.

Working class--Caribbean, English-speaking--History.

Working class.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 485 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.

Contents:

1 Organized Labor in Jamaica 23

2 The Labor Movement in Belize 73

3 Organized Labor in Bermuda 97

4 The Labor Movement in the Bahamas 113

5 The Labor Movement in St. Kitts-Nevis 129

6 Organized Labor in Montserrat 141

7 Organized Labor and the Bird Dynasty in Antigua and Barbuda 147

8 The Labor Movement in Dominica 179

9 The Labor Movement in St. Lucia 193

10 Organized Labor in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 207

11 Grenada's Experiment with a Marxist-Leninist Labor Movement 221

12 The Barbados Labor Movement 247

13 Organized Labor in Trinidad and Tobago 285

14 The Turbulent History of Unionism in Guyana 327

16 West Indian Organized Labor and the International Labor Movement 417.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-461) and index.

ISBN:

0275977439

OCLC:

55066477