Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union (GAWU) is the largest trade union in Guyana. It was founded in 1946 as the Guiana Industrial Workers' Union. After failing in the 1950s it was reformed as the Guyana Sugar Workers' Union in 1961 but changed its name to Guyana Agricultural Workers' Union in 1962 before becoming the GAWU later that decade. Some functions, in a nutshell, would be first to represent workers interests with a view to ensuring their rights and benefits are expected; secondly, to engage the employer in collective bargaining to improve wages, benefits and conditions of work, and thirdly, to engage government towards the improvement of the rights of workers generally.

GAWU
Full nameGuyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union
Founded1946
Members21,000
AffiliationWFTU
Key peopleSeepaul Narine, general secretary
Komal Chand, president
Office locationGeorgetown, Guyana
CountryGuyana
Websitehttps://gawugy.com/

The GAWU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

References
  • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.


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