The Development of Trade Unions in Bermuda

Which answer below best matches this abbreviation (BUT) for a union in Bermuda?

• Bermuda Underwater Trade

• Bermuda Union of Technology

• Bermuda Union of Teachers

• All of the above

Which answer below best matches this abbreviation (BIU) for a union in Bermuda?

• Bermuda International Union

• Bermuda Industrial Union

• Bermuda Interconnected Union

• Bermuda Intertwined Union

Which of the answers below best matches this abbreviation (BPSU) for a union in Bermuda?

• Bermuda Public Service Union

• Bermuda Presbyterian Service Union

• Bermuda Pentecostal Service Union

• None of the above

Which of the unions listed below was the first union in Bermuda?

• BIU

• BUT

• BPSU

• None of the above

Which of the definitions below best defines amalgamation?

• A contract between to groups

• An agreement between two or more groups

• A combination of two or more groups

• None of the above

Which union below was formed as a result of a dispute about wages payed to local Bermudian laborer's on the American bases in 1940?

• BIU

• BPSU

• BWA

• BUT

Who became President of the BWA causing its membership to rise from 200 to over 5,000 members in 1944?

• Dr. W.E.B. Dubois

• Dr. M. E. Freeman

• Dr. Kenneth E. Robinson

• None of the above

Which of the answers below best describes a petition?

• When people collect pictures to show their agreement or disagreement of a law or policy.

• When people stand in lines shouting slogans and chants

• When people collect signatures to show their agreement or disagreement of a law or policy.

• All of the above

Which of the actions below best describe what people do when they want to change a law or policy?

• dance, sing and party

• paint pictures, play video games, eat food

• march, sign petitions, strike, picket

• All of the above

Which of the choices below best describe what people do when they are angry and fed up with an unjust law or policy that can cause damage to persons and property?

• Picket

• March

• Sign a petition

• Riot