After years of careful planning, holding of many secret meetings with workers throughout the country and the publication of a Labour Journal captioned “Workers Voice”, Tyrone George Maynard, an Industrial Relations Specialist with a tremendous background experience in the field felt the time had come for one to take full responsibility for changing the industrial landscape of St. Lucia.Consequently, the National Workers Union was formed and subsequently launched in August 1973. Tyrone George Maynard was the founder. In the infant stages the organization’s work was done solely on a voluntary basis.

The first six months of the organisation’s operations saw a new dimension to the industrial relations process in the country. The NWU initiated “Workers Talking Night” every Tuesday on Radio Saint Lucia...