https://youtu.be/kzMFD4WaDSo 2020 as we said at the commencement has been history making for several reasons. Undoubtedly, for us as Guyanese, 2020 will be an inglorious year…

https://youtu.be/EqiOI4_8QXw The extractive sector continues to receive seminal attention as the value of our nation’s natural resources continues to grow in importance. More recently, we have…

https://youtu.be/m3RyCDhaShU As we conclude 2020, they are far too many NIS contributors and pensioners alike who continue to be denied benefits they rightly deserve. In recent…

https://youtu.be/2o8uoev3SVs The GAWU remains concerned that the year-end looms and the improvement of the National Minimum Wage still remains unresolved. In April, 2019, the National Tripartite…

https://youtu.be/XqyaZs4-dKg The workers of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Rice Research Station at Burma are now a part of the GAWU family. The workers overwhelmingly…

https://youtu.be/jM3AjdXkrJc The GAWU in 2019 was certified by the TURCB as the bargaining agent on behalf of employees employed by Skeldon Energy Inc (SEI). Following our…

https://youtu.be/7qCSPBCOhv4 The foreign-owned Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) continues to disrespect the rights of its workers and flout the Laws of Guyana. For some years now, the…

https://youtu.be/M17e1WXzqOU Alongside aquaculture, there has also been a great deal of talk regarding a transition to ethanol in the sugar industry. It has been argued that…

https://youtu.be/7R5Wp7AWnUs The Union has recognised a resurgence of calls for the abandonment of the sugar industry and a transition to aquaculture. While the call and those…

https://youtu.be/HbYyBdGqPN0 For the first time since 2014, sugar workers have finally received a rise-in-pay. Earlier this year, the Union and the Corporation reached an interim agreement…