Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow (born Georgetown, 1884, died 1958) is known as the father of the Guyanese labour movement. After leaving school he worked as a dock labourer and helped to represent the interests of waterfront workers in wage negociations. He founded the British Guiana Labour Union (BGLU) in 1919. There are numerous places around the world named Georgetown. ... The labour movement (or labor movement) is a broad term for the development of a collective organization of working people, to campaign in their own interest for better treatment from their employers and political governments. ...