GAWU Combat – March/April, 2019
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Yearly Archives: 2019
GAWU will remain committed to expressing its view on matters
The GAWU has taken note of Mr Peter Joseph’s letter appearing in the April 19 Kaieteur News. Mr Joseph, whose previous letter appeared under the moniker…
Boysie Ramkarran – a true workers leader
This year as we observe the milestone of the centennial anniversary of trade unionism in Guyana and we re-collect the many obstacles that the working-class has…
GAWU Easter Message 2019
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) extends Easter Greetings to all Guyanese and more especially to members of our Christian Community, both here and…
DPI Director off-course on sugar industry
The GAWU’s attention was drawn to the Director of the Department of Public Information (DPI), Mr Imran Khan’s commentary programme titled “The current political situation”. The…
GAWU conducts safety and health training seminars in observance of Safety and Health month
– sixty-two (62) union members benefit The month of April has been set aside as Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) month. During the month, focused attention…
GAWU not daunted by those who spread patent falsehoods
Our Union saw in the April 17 Kaieteur News a letter titled “The GAWU/PPP relationship is unhealthy” under the hand of “Local Observers”. The letter which…
GAWU concerned about high meals expenditure at Uitvlugt
The GAWU, through a usually reliable source, has learnt that Uitvlugt Estate during 2018 expended well over a million dollars on meals provided to visitors to…
Uitvlugt cane cutters stage protest to demand a fair week’s work
Today (April 14, 2019), the cane cutters of Uitvlugt Estate staged a picketing exercise to call on the estate’s management to provide them with a fair…
Confusion has replaced logic on sugar industry
The GAWU, in the April 05 Guyana Chronicle, saw the newspaper expressing criticism regarding talk to re-open the closed estates. The state-owned newspaper in championing its…