-6% increase for workers
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) and the Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) on Monday signed a two-year agreement on wages and conditions of work.
With the signing of the Collective Labour Agreement, BBCI workers represented by the union will be offered a 6% across the board increase for 2012 (retroactive from January 2012) and 6% across-the-board increase for 20 13, effective as of January 1, 2013, according to a joint statement.
It said the agreement was reached after five rounds of negotiations that were initiated in May this year. The statement noted that there is an