Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union
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Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union
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The Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union (JWTU) was a general union in Jamaica. The union was established in 1937, by Allan Coombs, and the Marxist Hugh Clifford Buchanan. Soon after, Percy A. Aiken led a breakaway, the Builders and Allied Trade Union. Alexander Bustamante joined the union, and soon became prominent by writing letters to the press regarding a strike wave in Jamaica. In 1937, he was appointed as the union's treasurer. However, at the end of the year, he demanded that the union's
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