The Bermuda Union of Teachers (BUT) is a trade union representing education workers in Bermuda.
The union was founded in 1919, the first to be established in the country.[1] Its founders were Edith Crawford, Matilda Crawford, Rufus Stovell and Adele Tucker, who were inspired by the deaths of several colleagues who were struggling financially.[2]
Trade unions were not officially legalised in Bermuda until 1946, and the BUT was the first to register with the government.[1] In 1964, the union absorbed the Teachers' Association of Bermuda, which represented white teachers. As a result, the union renamed itself as the Amalgamated Bermuda Union of Teachers, but returned to its original name in 1997.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Alexander, Robert J. (2004). A History of Organized Labor in the English-Speaking West Indies. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. ISBN 0275977439.
- ^ Adele Evelina Johnson Tucker, Bermuda Bios. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Union history". Bermuda Union of Teachers. Retrieved 10 March 2023.