GAWU’s Independence Message
As Guyana marks half a century as an independent state, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is pleased to join with all Guyanese to celebrate this exciting and landmark anniversary in our history. We need to recall, at…
The Arrival, Their Legacy – GAWU’s 2016 Arrival Day Message
May 05 has been officially designated as “Arrival Day” which brings into focus the arrival of Immigrants to Guyana. Importantly, the day affords us the opportunity to reflect also on British colonialism, the slave system and the indentureship policy that…
In pictures: May Day 2016
In pictures: GAWU May Day 2016 Slogans
GAWU General Secretary May Day Address 2016
Introduction Allow me to congratulate the workers here and all workers of Guyana on this important red-letter day of the working-class. Millions today in about eighty (80) countries, on all continents are celebrating this International Workers Day and using the…
May Day 2016 Flyer
GAWU Essequibo May Day Address 2016
Introduction Allow me to congratulate the workers here and all workers of Guyana on this important red-letter day of the working-class. Millions today in about eighty (80) countries, on all continents are celebrating this International Workers Day and using the…
May Day Resolution on the Sugar Industry
We, participants of this May Day being held at the National Park, Thomas Lands, Georgetown on this 1st day of May, 2016 are:- Conscious: That the nation’s sugar industry, the oldest economic endeavour in our country, remains a significant employer, a…
GAWU President May Day Address 2016
Introduction On behalf of FITUG, I greet all workers here on this important red-letter day of the international working-class. We join the millions in some 80 countries who, like us, are celebrating this day and reflect on their history, their…