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Plans afoot to sell East Coast sugar lands

By GAWU GuyanaNovember 6, 2019

Information has reached the GAWU, from a usually reliable source, that there are plans afoot to sell or lease, ostensibly to private individuals, the now abandoned…

Increase in national minimum wage stuck up due to Government laxity

By GAWU GuyanaNovember 6, 2019

The National Tripartite Committee (NTC) which includes representatives of the Government, the employers and the labour movement, has not met since April, this year. The Committee,…

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The beginnings of Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) can be traced back to 1946 when the British Guiana Industrial Workers Union (GIWU) was founded. The Union played a large role in a strike in 1948 by workers on a number of estates in the East Coast of Demerara. The workers were protesting against the cut and load system, they were calling for the recognition of the GIWU, and for improvement of…Read More
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