The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) noted in an article the (Saturday) February 06, 2016 edition of Guyana Times in which Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder is reported to have said that workers of Wales Estate should not…
GAWU Berbice Conference successfully concluded
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) successfully staged a Conference under the theme “Workers Unity and Solidarity Paramount Now!” on (Sunday) February 07, 2015 at the Albion Sports Complex, Berbice. The Conference attracted 190 delegates from Skeldon, Albion,…
Videos from Wales Protest March – February 04, 2016
Sugar Workers in solidarity with Wales Estate workers and communities
Today (February 04, 2016), vital factory maintenance work in the sugar factories across the country and other field works were severely affected as the overwhelming majority of sugar workers struck solidly in support of the Wales sugar workers and those…
Patentia villagers disagree with Wales closure
Sugar workers, housewives, children, pensioners, shop keepers and others numbering about five hundred (500) last evening (January 27, 2016) marched through the fifteen (15) short streets of Old Patentia, West Bank Demerara – one of the nearest communities to Wales…
Sugar Unions oppose Wales closure
Our Unions – the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), and the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) – all representing workers in the sugar industry hereby register our strong opposition…