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A Labour Day Call to Protect All Workers from Discrimination [Demerara Waves] 02-05-2026


/ Guyana Guyana to host 7th Caribbean Regional IUF Conference in Georgetown [CNW] 25-03-2026


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



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A Labour Day Call to Protect All Workers from Discrimination 2026-05-02 [Demerara Waves]

Caribbean NWU Set to Attend IUF Regional Conference in Guyana 2026-03-26 [The Voice]

Guyana Guyana to host 7th Caribbean Regional IUF Conference in Georgetown 2026-03-25 [CNW]

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]

Union not backing down from planned health sector strike 2020-10-04 [The 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]

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