The politics of Barbados function within a framework of a parliamentary republic with strong democratic traditions; constitutional safeguards for nationals of Barbados include: freedom of speech, press, worship, movement, and association.
Sir Grantley Herbert Adams, CMG, QC was a Barbadian politician. He served as the inaugural premier of Barbados from 1954 to 1958 and then became the first and only prime minister of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a founder of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), and he was named in 1998 as one of the National Heroes of Barbados.
The National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) is a trade union in Barbados. It represents 10,000 workers, mainly in the public sector. It was established in 1944, and registered as a trade union in 1964. In 1971 it changed its name from the Barbados Civil Service Association (BSCSA).
The All Nepal Trade Union Congress (ANTUC) was formed in 1946 and was the first trade union to ever exist in Nepal. The union was formed by a mixture of communists and socialists, the latter group leaving in 1950 to form the Nepal Workers Union (Majdoor Sabha), however they received little support.
The Confederation of South African Workers' Unions (CONSAWU) is a national trade union centre in South Africa.
The Blind Workers' Union of Victoria (BWU) is a trade union in Australia. It is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions. The union represents vision-impaired workers. the BWU has campaigned against the marginalization of blind and disabled workers. A notable example is the union’s opposition to the closure of Vision Australia Enterprises (VAE), a program that provided manual labor jobs to visually impaired individuals. In 2013, the union organized protests to fight the closure, highlighting the devastating impact on 73 workers, many of whom also had additional disabilities.
Basawon Singh or Basawan Singh, also known as Basawon Sinha, was an Indian independence activist and a campaigner for the rights of the underprivileged, and industrial and agricultural workers.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the nation of Barbados.
The United States and Barbados have had cordial bilateral relations since Barbados' independence in 1966. The United States has supported the government's efforts to expand the country's economic base and to provide a higher standard of living for its citizens. Barbados is a beneficiary of the U.S. Caribbean Basin Initiative. U.S. assistance is channeled primarily through multilateral agencies such as the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank, as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) office in Bridgetown.
Sir Frank Leslie Walcott, KA, OBE was a Barbadian trade unionist, politician, ambassador and one of the eleven National Heroes of Barbados. 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.
John Marius Trana was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Railway Workers from 1945 to 1963, and served as a deputy representative in the Norwegian Parliament.
The Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados is a national trade union centre.
The Irish Trades Union Congress (ITUC) was a union federation covering the island of Ireland.
Sverre Krogh was a Norwegian actuary, newspaper editor and politician for the Labour and Communist Labour parties. He later became a Nazi, working for Norwegian and German Nazis during the Second World War.
Thomas Kennedy was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.
Die Spoorbond was an Afrikaner railway trade-union formed in 1934 by H. J. Klopper, founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond, which advocated a policy of replacing all black railway-workers with Afrikaners. It rejected strikes and called instead for loyal service to the South African Railways and Harbours Administration (SARHA). The union had a membership of some 16,000 in the 1930s, considerably more than that of its rival, the National Union of Railway and Harbour Servants, which was forced to dissolve in 1937.
The Workers' Library and Museum was a non-profit labour service organisation (LSO) active in Johannesburg, South Africa between 1987 and the early 2000s. The organisation provided a meeting and learning centre for labour activists as well as students from the nearby Alexandra and Soweto areas. In 1994, it was expanded into the Workers and Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg, with the only museum in South Africa focussed on working people other than the Slave Lodge, Cape Town.
Sir Cardinal LeRoy Trotman, KA is a Barbadian trade unionist and politician.
