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www .nationalworkersunion .org. The National Workers' Union (NWU) is a trade union in Saint Lucia. The NWU originated as a split from the Saint Lucia Workers' Union (SLWU) in 1973 when SLWU executive committee member Tyrone Maynard was removed and subsequently started the NWU. [1]
The International School St. Lucia is affiliated with Canada (New Brunswick and Ontario), The Montessori Centre St Lucia and Bonne Terre Preparatory School are privately run. All but three of Saint Lucia's secondary schools are co-ed. St. Joseph's Convent is an all girls school. St. Mary's College is an all boys school.
Stanislaus A. James. Sir Stanislaus James GCMG OBE (November 13, 1919 – May 26, 2011) was a Saint Lucian educator, administrator, and former governor-general. Stanislaus Anthony James was born in Soufrière and educated at Saint Mary's College, Saint Lucia. He qualified as a teacher at Trinidad Training College for Teachers in 1941 and taught ...
Castries / kəˈstriːz / ⓘ is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city covers 80 km 2 (31 sq mi).
Saint Lucia is one of two sovereign states in the world named after a woman [17] and is the only one named after a human woman (Ireland is named after a goddess). Legend states that French sailors were shipwrecked on the island on 13 December, the feast day of St. Lucy, and therefore named the island in her honour. [18]
The Saint Lucia Workers' Union (SLWU) is a general trade union in Saint Lucia and the first union in the country. Originally founded in 1939 as the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union, the union was renamed in 1956. Many of St Lucia's political parties have emerged from the union. By the late 1960s, the SLWU claimed 2,500 members.
Castries Comprehensive Secondary School is a secondary school located in Vide Bouteille, Castries, Saint Lucia. The school opened in 1974. It was donated by the Canadian government. Notable alumni. Sarah Flood-Beaubrun, former Minister of Home Affairs; Lenard Montoute, Minister of Youth and Sports and MP for Gros Islet (2006–2011)
Trade unions in Saint Lucia first emerged in the 1930s. The St Lucia Teachers' Association was established in 1934 as a professional organisation. [2] Following the formalisation of collective bargaining on the island in 1938, the Saint Lucia Workers' Co-operative Union was founded in 1939.