Editing History of Trinidad and Tobago (section)

=== Labour movement ===
[[British West Indian labour unrest of 1934–1939|Labour riots in 1937]] led by [[Tubal Uriah Butler|T.U.B. Butler]] (an immigrant from the neighbouring island of Grenada) shook the country and led to the formation of the modern [[Trade Union]] movement. Butler was jailed from 1937 to 1939, but was re-arrested when the [[United Kingdom]] entered [[World War II]] and jailed for the duration of the war. After his release in 1945 Butler reorganised his political party, the [[Butler Party|British Empire Citizens' and Workers' Home Rule Party]]. This party won a plurality in the [[Trinidad and Tobago general election, 1950|1950 general elections]]. However, the establishment feared Butler as a radical and instead [[Albert Gomes]] became the first [[Chief Minister]] of Trinidad and Tobago.