GuySuCo cannot withstand the truth says GAWU and NAACIE
Our Unions – the GAWU and the NAACIE – have seen a letter under the hand of the GuySuCo which appeared in the November 01, Kaieteur…
Yearly Archives: 2019
GAWU pays tribute to renowned Indian Trade Unionist Gurudas Das Gupta
The GAWU was most saddened when it learnt of the passing of former General Secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), Gurudas Das Gupta…
NICIL-SPU sugar asset sale is cause for concern
The GAWU has learnt, through newspaper advertisements over the last few days, that the NICIL-SPU is undertaking the sale of sugar assets that were attached to…
GuySuCo extends sugar crop
The GAWU, through a memorandum dated October 29 from the GuySuCo has been advised that the Corporation has decided to extend the ongoing second sugar crop…
Blairmont workers stage protest calling for pay rise
Today (November 01), the overwhelming majority of the workers of Blairmont Estate downed tools and took protest action as they called on the management of the…
Sugar unions continue to press for wage increase to workers – as GuySuCo abandons planned engagement
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) today (October 29) at a meeting with…
Sugar production still lagging – achievement of crop target appears unlikely
The GAWU has continued to follow very closely and with great anxiety, the second sugar crop production. The Union learnt that as at yesterday morning (October…
GAWU Diwali message
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is once again pleased to join with all Guyanese and especially our Hindu community, to celebrate Diwali, widely…
Social Protection Ministry intervenes in Blairmont protest – dispute to be addressed at conciliation
The Department of Labour of the Ministry of Social Protection yesterday afternoon (October 22) invited the GAWU and the GuySuCo regarding the protest actions by the…
Blairmont factory workers resume protest – GuySuCo ignoring workers valid concerns
The factory workers of Blairmont Estate resumed their protest actions on the afternoon of October 21 after the GuySuCo failed to budge and rather chose to…