Union Centre Now Bears Frost's Name

The Barbados Secondary Teachers' Union (BSTU) has renamed its headquarters The Patrick Frost Centre.

In a ceremony at the newly named centre in Belleville, St Michael, BSTU president Mary Redman said the renaming was in honour of Frost's outstanding work in the labour movement and the teachers' union in particular.

"It is impossible to thank you for your integrity, deceny, caring and heart. Genuine caring and love for humankind is something that cannot be faked and persons recognise it in you.

"You have always had a clear and unchanging philosophy on the importance of the all-inclusive and strategic role of the union in the development of any society. You have worked hard for over 30 years to see the little BSTU as a respected as recognised union in this country . . . ," she said.

Frost thanked the BSTU for the "undeserved" honour, but told the audience it was a group effort.

"Whatever I may have accomplished, I have not done it by myself. I have always had people around me . . . ," he said.

The ceremony featured the unveiling of a plaque and a portrait of Frost made of plaster. It also involved birthday celebrations as the renaming ceremony was planned specially to fall on Frost's 69th birthday. (CA)

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