Caribbean Congress of Labour
# Caribbean Congress of Labour

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

### 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
