The Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU) yesterday sent letters to Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir and Chairman of the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB) Justice Prem Persaud asking them to intervene in the ongoing dispute with the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI), in keeping with their legal responsibilities.
The dispute between the union and the RUSAL subsidiary, BCGI is now in its seventeenth month. Last month, the TU&RCB rejected an application by some workers of the company to have the union derecognized as the official bargaining unit for workers. Following the ruling, Nadir told this newspaper that his intention was to have the two parties meet to iron out their differences. But according to a release from the union, no such engagement has taken place between the two parties as yet.
In a release issued yesterday, the union said it had: