The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) is a regional trade union federation. It represents 500,000 members in 33 affiliated unions across 17 Caribbean nations.

The federation represents trade union concerns to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), as well as the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).

The CCL works with both the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Inter American Regional Organisation (ORIT).

Leadership

General Secretaries

1960: Osmond Dyce

1966: Basil Blackman

1969: Gaston Benjamin

1973: Burns Bonadie

1983: Kertist Augustus

1998: George De Peana

2007: Lincoln Lewis

2010: Chester Humphrey

2016: Asokore Beckles

2022: Michael Annisette

Presidents

1960: Frank Walcott

1963: Thossy Kelly

1966: Frank Walcott

1969: Richard Ishmael

1973: Nathaniel Crichlow

1977: Frank Walcott

1980: Vernon Glean

1983: Leonard Archer

1986: Lascelles Beckford

1989: Roy Trotman

1995: Lloyd Goodleigh

2001: Lincoln Lewis

2007: Jacqueline Jack

2010: David Massiah

2016: Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson

2022: Andre Lewis

See also

  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.