BITU | |
Location Country: | Jamaica, West Indies |
Affiliation: | JCTU, ILO, ITF, UNI, IUF |
Leader Title: | General Secretary |
Leader Name: | George Fyffe |
Leader Title2: | President |
Full Name: | Bustamante Industrial Trade Union |
Founded: | 1938[1] |
Headquarters: | 98-100 Duke Street, Kingston, Jamaica |
Leader Name2: | Kavan A. Gayle |
Leader Title3: | Senior Vice President |
Leader Name3: | Wesley Nelson |
Leader Title4: | Vice President |
Leader Name4: | Alden Brown |
Leader Title5: | Vice President |
Leader Name5: | Alvin Sinclair |
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, as a split from the Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union.[2] It built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years. It is affiliated to the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.
1938: Alexander Bustamante[3]
1977: Hugh Shearer
2004: Rudyard Spencer
2007: Kavan Gayle[4]