GTUC urges CARICOM to review Greenidge sacking

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has asked the CARICOM Secretariat to review the appointment of former finance minister Carl Greenidge and to resist engaging in local political wrangling.

In a December 28 letter, addressed to acting CARICOM Secretary-General Lolita Applewaithe and copied to CARICOM Chairman, Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding, the GTUC posited that Greenidge’s appointment as Senior Deputy Director in the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) should not be revoked on the grounds that funding is not available.

The GTUC charged that the move satisfies the