History: Growing Power of Protest

Estate labour strikes in the Caribbean had success.

• true

• false

Which indentured labourers were often forbidden to strike by law?

• The Taino Labourers

• The Chinese Labourers

• The African Slave Labourers

• The East Indian Labourers

The Craft Unions first began among:

• The wealthy men and women

• The skilled craftsmen in town

• The Unskilled craftsmen in town

• The commoners

What does TWA stand for?

• Trinidad Wealth Association

• Tobago Women’s Agency

• Trinidad & Tobago Workingman Association

• Trinidad Workingmen’s Association

Who started the TWA trade union?

• Engineer, Alfredo Richard

• Druggist, Alfred Richards

• Hubert Nathaniel Crichlow

• A.A Throne

The _____________ sent troops to suppress the strike.

• Soldiers

• Militia

• Strikers

• Government

Early West Indian Unionists learned much from trade unionists from Britain and Spain.

• True

• False

By 1900, there were over two million members of unions in Britain, their leaders took the main lead in setting up the British Labour Party and they supported unions in the British territories.

• True

• False

In the western there was a federation that helped to organize union movements in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and it was also active in Jamaica, what was that federation?

• American Federation Of Labour

• Amerindian Federal Of Labour

• American Feast Of Labour

• Anglican’s Federation Of Liberty

Which is not of the many causes that weakened the first trade unions?

• There was no law to protect them and give them rights to strike.

• The end of slavery and indenture labour

• The 1912 Cuban ‘revolt’

• The difficulty of organizing large groups of labourers.