EVENT INFORMATION

19
Yüni
1973

Labour Day is first observed as a public holiday

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📅 19 Yüni 1973 📍

On 19 June 1973, Trinidad and Tobago observed Labour Day as a public holiday for the first time. The date commemorates the 1937 oilfield uprising and the working-class struggle that helped build the modern trade union movement. Making the anniversary a national holiday placed workers’ resistance into public memory. Commemoration, however, is not the same as resolving continuing questions of fair wages, working conditions, racial inequality, and workers’ voice.

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Personanan den e suseso aki

Workers and trade union members

Tubal Uriah Butler

Adrian Cola Rienzi

Elma Francois

Organisashonnan den e Evento aki

Government of Trinidad and Tobago

trade union movement