Industrial Relations
RUSAL workers block Berbice river over layoff of 140 workers; union cites political interference
Workers at the Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) have blocked the upper Berbice River to demand...
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Some power company workers get 8.5 percent salary increase
Junior and senior employees of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) would be getting an 8.5 percent increase in...
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Cash-strapped Troy Resources gold mining company fires hundreds of workers in Guyana
Financially-crippled by six weeks of closure that government had ordered following the death of a geologist in a mining pit,...
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Guyana Goldfields workers call off strike
Guyana Goldfields Inc. announced Friday that the work stoppage at its Aurora mine that began on July 2 has ended,...
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Striking Aurora Gold Mines workers being flown out, company suspends production
The Cuyuni-based Aurora Gold Mines (AGM) is Wednesday expected to begin flying out striking workers and non-essential personnel to Georgetown...
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Industrial unrest at Aurora Gold Mines
FLASHBACK: Administration Manager at Aurora Gold Mines, Peter Benny speaking with workers on labour relations shortly after speaking with the...
Read moreDetailsGuyana Goldfields CEO to go as miner settles proxy fight with founder
Reproduced from Mining.com A bitter battle for control of Canada’s Guyana Goldfields (TSX: GUY) between the miner and dissenting shareholders...
Read moreDetailsBCGI-RUSAL strike ends, union-management relationship to be entrenched
RUSAL-BCGI workers meeting before the arrival of a government team. A strike at Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana...
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RUSAL-BCGI management finally recognises union, to begin talks Friday
RUSAL-BCGI workers at Aroaima. The management of United Company Russian Aluminium (UC RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) on...
Read moreDetailsRUSAL-BCGI workers will continue river blockade until labour dispute is resolved – unions
Ropes and barrels across the Berbice River where barges have to go to and from the BCGI-RUSAL mines to collect...
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