The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) has called on the Government to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention: C190 – Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 and has sought President David Granger’s involvement to initiate this action.
According to a GPSU release, the union wrote the President a letter dated 9th December 2019 on the matter and he responded with correspondence dated 29th December, 2019 acknowledging receipt of the Union’s letter and informing that action has been initiated.
It is unclear why the union waited so late in the day to press for ratification. Parliament did not meet since May last year and the President dissolved it on December 30, 2019 in preparation for general elections on March 2, 2020.