General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) Lincoln Lewis has criticized the government for the “demonstrable lack of willingness on its part to bring the partially state-owned… Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) under control” in response to its “continued reign of terror” and its refusal to engage “the recognized union, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU).”
Lewis said, “In my opinion BCGI is completely out of control. We are aware that there have been meetings between the BCGI’s top brass and Minister in the Ministry of Social Protection Keith Scott on at least two occasions this year. The minister is fully aware of our concerns regarding the state of industrial relations at the company but he has not seen it fit to engage the union in order to bring about a normalization of the situation.”