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Sugar industry shutdown as workers protest for pay rise – workers picket Mr Granger's office

By GAWU GuyanaDecember 3, 2019

Today (December 03), thousands of sugar workers at Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt Estates downed tools as they heightened their call for a pay rise. Scores of…

In pictures: Sugar workers picket Mr Granger's office for pay rise

By GAWU GuyanaDecember 3, 2019

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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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