Industrial Relations
City Council workers’ industrial unrest averted by 6.5 percent pay hike, bonus
Town Clerk Candace Nelson, City Treasurer Ugochi Orgista and PPPC Councillor Alfonso de Armas-Archbold. The Georgetown City Council on Wednesday...
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Govt reluctant to negotiate unrealistic wage demands with opposition-aligned trade unions- Jagdeo
Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo. The Guyana government appears reluctant to engage in collective bargaining with recognised trade unions that make unrealistic...
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GTU says most teachers will not benefit from Ali’s announced increased salaries, allowances
GTUC General Secretary, Coretta Mc Donald. The Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) on Thursday criticised the increases in salaries and allowances...
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Meeting with teachers was not negotiation- Pres Ali; GTUC sensed no commitment to collective bargaining
President Irfaan Ali has refuted claims by the Guyana Teachers Union, Guyana Public Service Union and the opposition that his...
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Opposition, GPSU slam President Ali for violating collective bargaining with Teachers Union
President Irfaan Ali, flanked by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh and Education Minister Priya Manickchand, meeting with some teachers at...
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President justifies hiring contract workers; foreign trade unionists want more oil benefits for workers
General Secretary of the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations (IUF) Sue Longley...
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GPSU, gov’t make progress in resolving some nurses’ concerns -Dr. Westford
Dr. Jennifer Westford Government advisor, Dr. Jennifer Westford on Wednesday night said a joint committee with the Guyana Public Service...
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RUSAL interested in reopening Guyana operations; to submit report to govt
by Samuel Sukhnandan RUSAL-BCGI representative Vladimir Permyakov The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has expressed an interest...
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Trades Union Congress calls on Labour Ministry to tackle several burning issues
A section of workers marching through the streets of Georgetown on May Day, 2019. The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC)...
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NICIL will be asked to return closed sugar estates to GuySuCo -Agriculture Minister
The Wales Sugar Factory, West Bank Demerara. The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the holding company for government's...
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