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Oilfields Workers' Trade Union

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Trinidad's oil workers' union, founded in 1937, which under its president George Weekes (1962–1987), co-founder with C. L. R. James of the Marxist Workers and Farmers Party, became the centre of the Caribbean labour left. It published Lennox Pierre's The Ideology of the Working Class and studies of African and Caribbean history.

Years: 1937–present
Location: San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago
Also known as: OWTU
Languages: English
Authority records: Wikidata · VIAF · Library of Congress
Sources: Wikipedia — Oilfields Workers' Trade Union

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Titles of Oilfields Workers' Trade Union by year: 9 dated titles, 1968–1984, most in 1975 (4); 1 undated. Lines mark founded 1937.

The figures by decade

Decade	Titles
1960s	1
1970s	6
1980s	2

Year	Title	Author(s)	Language
1968	How a Leader Functions✓ General Education Series	George Weekes	English
1975	Agriculture✓ — The Case for Import Substitution	George M. Sammy	English
1975	The History and Philosophy of the Trade Union Movement✓ — A Caribbean Perspective Lectures and Discussion Papers -- No.7 [I.e. 10]	W. Richard Jacobs	English
1975	The Ideology of the Working Class✓ Lectures and Discussion Papers -- No. 2	Lennox Pierre	English
1975	The Petroleum and Petrochemical Industries✓ Lectures and Discussion Papers -- No. 6 [I.e. 7]	Trevor M. A. Farrell	English
1977	Oilfield Workers Trade Union✓ — July 1937-July 1977	—	English
1977	Oilfields Workers Trade Union✓ — July 1937 - July 1977	—	English
1984	Africa, Europe, Caribbean✓ — Political Commentaries	Biodun Jeyifo	English
1984	Negotiating for New Collective Agreements for Oilworkers, 1984-1985✓	—	English
n.d.	Dialogue	—	English