Youth and women’s representatives yesterday blasted union leaders for not giving them opportunities at the leadership level and called for their inclusion and for succession planning.
During a historic Labour Day rally that saw the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) rallying together for the first time in 28 years, the unions’ leadership were called out for not providing opportunities for youths and women in the upper ranks.
Speaking on behalf of the youth, Collis Nicholson from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU),