RELOCATED
CTUSAB is now located at "Jessamine Cot", Beckles Road, St. Michael. (Next to the Barbados Diabetes Association) Our telephone, fax and email remain the same. You may direct your mail to "Jessamine Cot", Beckles Road, St. Michael or P.O. Box 1100, Bridgetown. Read more...
President's New Years Message
Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados New Year’s Message- 2013 By: President, Cedric H. Murrell @@@@ Daily, as we observe nature at work, it is evident that we human beings have a lot to be thankful for, but are we? The ability to appreciate nature at work is of itself, one of the most powerful attributes given to mankind. The wind and rain, the birds and bees, the flora and fauna, fowls and grazing animals, the different hues of the blue of the sea and the green of the plants are such at one and the same time a revealing and soothing sight that man ought to be required to take time out to bask in earth’s natural splendor, and truly appreciate the majesty and omnipotence of our God. Read more...
Dennis De Peiza
General Secretary of (CTUSAB) 2002 to presentIn the year 2002, Dennis de Peiza assumed the office of General Secretary of the Congress of Trade Unions and Staff Associations of Barbados. Prior to this he held the offices of Treasurer (1998-2000) and Assistant General Secretary (2000-2002) respectively.
As a teacher trade unionist, he held the offices of President, General Secretary and Public Relations Officer of the Barbados Union of Teachers, and has served on the Executive Council of that union for twenty one years.
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Officers and Committees 2012-2014
OFFICERS AND REPRESENTATIVES ON STANDING AND EXTERNAL COMMITTEES 2012-2014
Officers Left to right: 1st V.P. - 2nd V.P. - General Secretary - President - 1st V.P. - Treasurer - A.G.S.
Cedric Murrell - President
Veronica Griffith - 1st Vice President
Mary-Anne Redman - 2nd Vice President
Grantley Greene - 3rd Vice President
Dennis de Peiza - General Secretary
Ryan Phillips - Assistant General Secretary
Anne-Marie Burke - Treasurer
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REPRESENTATIVES ON STANDING COMMITTEES
Education & Training/Research Grantley Greene, BFSA- 3rd V.P. – Chair
Mary-Anne Redman, BSTU – Vice Chair
Sgt. Michael Sobers – BPA
Mona Robinson – BSTU
Pamela Humphrey – NUPW
Hazel Roach –NUPW
Yvonne Walkes – BWU
Heather Deane – BNA
Alvin 'Phil' Perry – BSTU
Ulric Sealy – BWU
John Goddard – BOM
Paulette Drakes – BNA
Richard Green – NUPW Finance & Fund Raising Anne Marie Burke - Treasurer Chairperson
Pamela Humphrey - NUPW-Vice Chair
Grantley Greene - BFSA
Dennis Murrary - (BUT) Members Relations Cedric Murrell - President, CTUSAB
Patrick Frost - Life Vice President
Senator Sir Roy Trotman - Life Vice President Public Relations
Cedric Murrell - President, CTUSAB
Dennis de Peiza - General Secretary, CTUSAB
Ryan Phillips - Assistant General Secretary, CTUSAB Safety & Health Orlando Scott, BSS, JP. - (BWU), Chairman
St. Sgt. Michael Sobers - (BPA)
Clarence Hinds - BFSA
Heather Deane - BNA
Alvin 'Phil' Perry - BSTU
Paulette Drakes - BNA
Coswin Brathwaite - BFSA Special Events Verneta Durant - NAAAB - Chair
Ryan Phillips - Assistant General Secretary, Vice Chair
Washbrook Bayne - BWU
Anne-Marie Burke - Treasurer ◊◊
REPRESENTATIVES ON EXTERNAL COMMITTEES / BOARDS
National Advisory Committee on Safety & Health
Orlando Scott, BSS. JP. (BWU) PRDS Steering Committee
Dennis de Peiza (BUT)
Verneta Durant (NAAAB) - Alternative PRDS Public Relations Sub-Committee
Dennis de Peiza (BUT)
Verneta Durant (NAAAB) Education Awards Committee –
Min. of Education & Human Resource Development
Herbert Gittens (BUT) Agricultural Commission
Dennis de Peiza, appointed for a period of three years, effective November 15, 2011 to November 14, 2014. Technical Working Group of Officials on Trade Matters
Veronica Griffith (BWU) Minimum Wage & Shop's Act
Evette Gibson (BWU) Barbados National Productivity Council
Toni Moore - BWU
Dennis Clarke - (NUPW)
Alternates – Sen. Sir Roy Trotman (BWU)
Delcia Burke (NUPW) Standing Tripartite Committee –
ILO Convention 144 –Recommendation 152 (ILO Standards 1976)
Cerdric Murrell, (NUPW)
Dennis de Peiza (BUT)
Sen. Sir Roy Trotman, (BWU) (Reappointed for a period of (3) years, effective July 1, 2011) TVET Quality Assurance Committee
Mary-Anne Redman - (BSTU)
Herbert Gittens - (BUT)- Alternate TVET Standards Approved Committee
Cobin Hinds, - (BSTU) - Deputy Chairman
Mona Robinson - (BSTU) - Alternate National Child Labour Committee
Paulette Drakes - (BNA)
Mona Robinson - (BSTU) National Committee for Monitoring the Rights of the Child
Mona Robinson, (BSTU) (Reappointed, September 12, 2011 until August 11, 2014) Sexual Harassment in the Workplace /Gender Issues
Wilma Clement - (BWU) CONSOC
Dennis de Peiza
* Attended the XIIDB Civil Society Meeting, Paraguay, 6-7 October, 2011 National Codex Committee
Mr. John Watts - (NUPW) (Effective May 9, 2011) National Codex Technical Committees
Overton Franklin, Technical Committee I
Don Gittens, Technical Committee II Transport Authority
Mr. Clifford Mayers (2008-2011) - (Reappointed for the three (3) year term 2011-2014) National Initiative for Service Excellence 2012-2013
Cedric Murrell, President, CTUSAB
Dennis de Peiza, General Secretary, CTUSAB
Marguerite Cummins- Williams (BSTU)
Hartley Reid (Alternate) (BPA) Barbados Accreditation Council
Herbert Gittens (BUT) Technical Sub-Committee of the Social Partners
Veronica Griffith (BWU)
Lloyd Austin (BSTU) Non–State Actors Advisory Panel
Dennis de Peiza (BUT)
Erskine Padmore (BSTU) (Alternate Representative) Consumer Protection Committee
Alvin 'Phil' Perry (BSTU) Council of Economic Advisors
Veronica Griffith, BWU Technical Assistance Team for the Human Resources Development Programme
Anne-Marie Burke (NUPW) The Council for Investment, Exports, Foreign Exchange and The Diaspora (Ciex)
Dennis de Peiza (BUT)
Lloyd Austin (BSTU) (Alternate) Barbados Road Safety Council
Cedric Murrell - President, CTUSAB May Day Committee
Verneta Durant (NAAAB)
Ryan Phillips (BPOA) Week of Excellence
Ryan Phillips (BPOA) Human Resource Development Advisory Council, effective Sept 1, 2010
Dennis de Peiza - General Secretary, CTUSAB National Steering Committee (Barbados), UWI/UNDP/DGA Project for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean
Dennis de Peiza, - General Secretary, CTUSAB Barbados Men's Health Association
Dennis de Peiza - 1st Vice President International Women's Day Planning Committee
Mona Robinson, BSTU, February 2011 Draft Cruise Tourism Strategy – Cruise Tourism Task Force (CTTF) CTUSAB was represented by Bro. Sean Scott of the Barbados Workers' Union in the discussions. (May 10, 2011. Bureau of Social Policy – National Assessment Team of the Country Assessment of Living Conditions, Bureau of Social Policy
Anne-Marie Burke, NUPW Bureau of Social Policy – National Assessment Team of the Country Assessment of Living Conditions, Macro, Social and Economic Sub-Committee
Heather Deane, BNA Bureau of Social Policy – National Assessment Team of the Country Assessment of Living Conditions, Public and Institutional Awareness Sub-Committee
Lloyd Austin, BSTU Barbados Action Team – Growth Working Group
Mrs. Veronica Griffith - Member Barbados Action Team – Efficiency Working Group
Mr. Dennis de Peiza – Co-Chairman
Ms. Mona Robinson – Member ( Replaced by Mary-Anne Redman) Barbados Action Team – Social Safety Net Working Group
Mr. Cedric Murrell – Chairman
Mr. Walter Maloney - Member ◊◊ CTUSAB'S REPRESENTATIVES ON BOARDS OF MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS - 2012-2014
Alexandra School - Mr. Julian Hunte
Alleyne School - Mr. Alvin Perry
Alma Parris Secondary - Mr. Louis Griffith
Christ Church Foundation - Mrs. Marguerite Cummins-Williams
Coleridge and Parry - Mr. Morris Blenman
Combermere - Mr. Roger Marville
Deighton Griffith - Mr. Sydwyn Bayne
Ellerslie Secondary - Mr. Anthony Worrell
Garrison Secondary - Ms. Anne-Marie Burke
Grantley Adams Memorial - Ms. Naomi Weekes
Harrison College - Mr. Hal Gollop
Lester Vaughn Secondary - Mr. John Licorish
Parkinson Memorial - Mrs. Marlene Griffith
Princess Margaret - Mr. John Goddard
Queen's College - Mrs. Joan Kunar
Springer Memorial - Mrs. Wilma Clarke
St. James Secondary - Mr. Trevor Daniel
St. Leonard's Boys - Mr. Guyson Mayers
St. Lucy Secondary - Mr. Hugh Arthur
St. George Secondary - Mr. Cecil Drakes
The Lodge School - Mr. Colin Norville
The St. Michael School - Mr. John Blackman
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