Veteran trade unionist and long-time PPP executive Komal Chand died yesterday morning in Cuba where he had gone for treatment.
Tributes poured in yesterday for Chand, who had been the president of GAWU for many years, was also a PPP/C parliamentarian and had been a key figure in championing the rights of sugar workers. He had had health problems in recent months.
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday said that it was thrown into mourning after it learnt of the passing of Chand.