From Left to Right:
Nelerene Harding 3rd Vice President NCTUB/President AAAWU, John Pinder, President NCTUB/BPSU, Jennifer Isaacs-Dotson, 1st Vice-President CC/General Secretary
NCTUB/Vice-President External UTEB; Rashad Ritchie, 3rd place finisher, Gabriella Collie, 2nd place finisher, Ari Brathwaite 1st place winner, Karl Campbell fourth place finisher, and Melony Munnings, Treasurer NCTUB.
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The National Congress of
Trade Unions of the Bahamas held its First Annual “Pre Labour Day” High School
Speech Competition on Tuesday April 28, 2015, 6:00pm at the Willamae Bridgewater
Convention Centre, Farrington Road.
The Speech Competition
was chaired by Toast Master Mrs. Tiffany Burrell-Roberts and Members of the
Bahamas Union of Teacher’s (B.U.T) Nation Builders Toastmasters Club
No.1358961.
The theme of the speech competition
was;
“Labour
the Past, the Present and the Future”,
The winner of this year's
speech competition was Mr. Ari Braithwaite a sixteen year old student of Queens
College High School, he won the a cash prize of $400.00, an individual trophy and
the floating trophy for his school; the second place winner was Ms. Gabrielle
Collie a seventeen year old student of Jordan Prince Williams High School, she
won a cash prize of $300.00 and an individual trophy; the third place finisher
was Mr. Rashad Ritchie a seventeen year student of St. Anne's High School, he won
a cash prize of $200 and an individual trophy; and the fourth place finisher was
Mr. Karl Campbell a fifteen year student of Creative Vision Academy, he won an
Alcatel Pop S7 Tablet.
The National Congress of
Trade Unions Bahamas was elated to host this event and all of the speeches were
well researched, and gave us a clear walk through our past, present and future
as a movement. The speeches gave the NCTUB food for thought and insight as to
how young people in our society view trade unions. These insights will help the
NCTUB to plan, strategize and put into action plans to attract young people to
the trade union movement.
The National Congress of
Trade Unions Bahamas will make this speech competition an annual event. This
event and all subsequent events leading up to Labour Day, Friday, June 5, 2015,
are being organized by the Labour Day Planning Committee which is chaired by
Brother Roney Armbrister, Trustee of the NCTUB.
