Aurora Gold Mines workers strike and demand 10% salary increase [News Source] 29-12-2025
The fall of the trade union movement and its consequences [The Stabroek News] 30-11-2025
Notes on the rise and struggles of trade unionism in Guyana [The News] 06-07-2025
Education union urges government to go public and fund education [Education International] 30-01-2025
Civil society groups rap gov’t handling of teachers strike [Stabroek News] 23-06-2024
Aurora Gold Mines’ workers down tools to press demands for pay hike 2025-12-29 [Demerara Waves]
Aurora Gold Mines workers strike and demand 10% salary increase 2025-12-29 [News Source]
The fall of the trade union movement and its consequences 2025-11-30 [The Stabroek News]
Notes on the rise and struggles of trade unionism in Guyana 2025-07-06 [The News]
Education union urges government to go public and fund education 2025-01-30 [Education International]
GTU President prepares to announce details of package 2024-08-18 [Demerara Waves ]
GTU may be on brink of accepting new multi-year pact – sources 2024-08-13 [Stabroek News]
Signing of teachers pay deal delayed for more consultations in GTU 2024-08-13 [Stabroek News]
Civil society groups rap gov’t handling of teachers strike 2024-06-23 [Stabroek News]
Guyana teachers’ strike called off; conciliation talks to begin on Wednesday 2024-06-22 [Trinidad Guardian]
Support, assist society’s less fortunate- GAWU encourages in Eid message 2024-06-17 [Newsroom]
Court to rule in teachers’ salary cut case next Friday 2024-04-12 [Kaieteur News ]
GTU moving to court today over collapsed talks 2024-03-15 [Stabroek News]
GTU issues new strike ultimatum to gov’t 2024-03-15 [Stabroek News]
Govt, GTU differ over period for salary talks 2024-03-09 [Stabroek News]
International Womens Day 2024-03-09 [Stabroek News]
Judge proposes mediation in gov’t, Teachers Union dispute 2024-02-29 [Stabroek News]
Wider society must stand in solidarity with the Guyana Teachers Union and support our striking teachers 2024-02-08 [Stabroek News]
Teachers strike 2024-02-04 [Stabroek News]
Guyana Teachers learning from and advocating for each other 2024-01-17 [EI]
GPSU proposes increase in income tax threshold and reduction of income tax rate for Budget 2024 2024-01-11 [The Source]
Meeting with teachers was not negotiation- Pres Ali; GTUC sensed no commitment to collective bargaining 2023-10-08 [Demerara]
Unions must build capacity, leaders must be knowledgeable-oppsition leader in May Day message 2023-05-03 [Newsroom]
Guyana OWTU signs oil, gas MOU with Guyanese union 2022-07-27 [Newsday]
Uitvlugt Sugar workers strike over GuySuCo's default on Holiday with Pay commitment 2022-07-13 [Guyana Times]
Narine should say what are the ‘other avenues' available to non-GAWU workers 2022-01-18 [The News]
Sweet success: IUF affiliates welcome the decision to reopen Guyana's sugar estates 2021-02-02 [IUF]
Union not backing down from planned health sector strike 2020-10-04 [The News]
Veteran sugar union leader, Komal Chand, dies at 75 2020-04-09 [Kaieteur News]
GAWU Head Komal Chand passes away 2020-04-09 [Stabroek News]
COVID-19: GAWU calls on GuySuCo to suspend operations, support sugar workers financially 2020-04-03 [Stabroek News]
FITUG calls on gov't to provide relief to workers dislocated by coronavirus 2020-03-31 [Stabroek News]
GAWU mulling nationwide strike if sugar workers' wage hike not retroactive to 2019 2020-02-22 [The Stabroek News]
GuySuCo aiming for new 55,000 white sugar plant at Albion – GAWU 2019-11-24 [The Stabroek News]
Totaltec contract outlawing trade union membership raises oil and gas concerns – Lewis 2019-09-13 [The Stabroek News]
Field foremen/women in sugar industry get 3%-4% increase 2019-07-10 [The Stabroek News]
'We want wifi and food': Union reps hold talks with Labour Dep't to resolve Aurora mine strike 2019-07-05 [Stabroek]
On 96th anniversary, restoration of collective bargaining among major concerns for GPSU 2019-06-11 [The Stabroek News]
Evaluation to be done of VC's performance before decision on new contract –UG unions 2019-05-28 [The Stabroek News]
May Day rally celebrates 100 years of trade union movement 2019-05-01 [Newroom]
UG finances to be audited at unions' request 2019-04-19 [The Stabroek News]
Bauxite strike ends after agreement reached 2019-03-21 [The Stabroek News]
‘Resilience has paid off' 2019-03-17 [The Stabroek News]
‘We are not sending people back under those conditions' 2019-03-05 [The Stabroek News]
RUSAL has not suspended Guyana operations 2019-03-04 [The Stabroek News]
Ministry's failure to bring BCGI's Russian managers ‘in line' contributing to workers mistreatment – union officials 2019-02-08 [The Stabroek News]
UG, unions for meeting on January 8 2018-12-31 [The Stabroek News]
GAWU to discuss meeting with political parties on their plans for sugar 2018-12-30 [The Stabroek News]
'UG unions call on Labour Department to intervene in salary ‘row'' 2018-12-06 [Kaieteur News]
[More News]This month in labour history
13-02-1939 Sugar workers on Plantation Leonora strike for half a day in a protest against the 11.5-hour work day and demand an extra hour's pay per day. The walkout spreads and within 2 days almost the workforce, 30% women, is out. [more]
16-02-1939 Colonial police open fire on sugar plantation strikers killing three or four people, including one woman. Named victims include Robert Carter, Gunpat, and Sumintra. The violent repression puts an end to the strike. [more]
