Industrial Relations
RUSAL suspends Guyana operations, moves equipment to warehouse for protection
Russian aluminum giant, RUSAL, has suspended bauxite production in Guyana and moved its equipment to a warehouse for protection, the...
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RUSAL-BCGI: Gov’t to consider implications of “either them closing or we closing them”- Trotman
A blockade of ropes and barrels on the Berbice River against BCGI-RUSAL barges collecting bauxite for transporting to a transshipment...
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BCGI-RUSAL workers block Berbice River to prevent bauxite barges from passing; union requests compulsory arbitration
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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RUSAL refuses to reinstate fired workers, terminates others, begins dismantling equipment
RUSAL-BCGI workers at Aroaima. The Russian Aluminium (RUSAL)-controlled Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI) has sent home 30 more workers...
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RUSAL expected to reinstate workers, told to recognise union – Amna Ally
Senior Minister of Social Services, Amna Ally (in green hat) addressing aggrieved workers at Aroaima. Senior Minister of Labour, Amna...
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Striking RUSAL-BCGI workers refuse individual handout of gov’t hampers
The relief hampers that were transported to RUSAL's Aroaima location. MAPLE TOWN, Aroaima - Striking workers at the United Company...
Read moreDetailsRUSAL workers in Guyana throw down gauntlet at company, gov’t
RUSAL-BCGI workers meeting before the arrival of a government team. Ahead of a meeting with top government ministers Friday afternoon,...
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Guyanese workers must be respected and labour laws upheld – Minister of State at RUSAL meeting
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon Thursday morning made it clear that Guyanese workers must be treated in a respectful manner...
Read moreDetailsNo commitment that RUSAL bauxite workers would be reinstated
RUSAL's Representative, Vladimir Permyakov speaking with the media as Chief Labour Officer, Charles Ogle (green shirt) leaves the boardroom at the...
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OPINION: Gov’t must show some backbone to confront RUSAL’s “industrial terrorism”
by GHK Lall Something has to be made clear and straight: this is Guyana in 2019, and not the post...
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