The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is appealing to the Ministry of Labour to address the plight of the workers at Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) who have reported “serious concerns” to the union.
In a release yesterday, GAWU stated that it has written to Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton requesting that he and ministry officials along with the union, pay a visit to DTL’s Mabura Hill location. In its correspondence, it was highlighted that the workers had expressed serious concerns with the situation at the company’s Mabura location.
The union said that it had observed that the minister and officials had visited another company site in Region Seven – Vaitarna Private Holdings Inc – and this was what prompted them to request that a similar visit be made to DTL, Mabura Hill.