DDL signs salaries agreement with three unions

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(Left to right): outgoing HR Director Moneeta Singh-Bird; General Secretary of the GLU, Carvil Duncan; Chairman of the DDL group, Komal Samaroo; President of GAWU Seepaul Narine; DDL Finance Director, Vasudeo Singh; General Secretary of the CCWU Sherwood Clarke; Chief HR Officer of the DDL group, Fazela Haniff; and Industrial Relations Officer of the DDL group, Abiola McLennon.
(Left to right): outgoing HR Director Moneeta Singh-Bird; General Secretary of the GLU, Carvil Duncan; Chairman of the DDL group, Komal Samaroo; President of GAWU Seepaul Narine; DDL Finance Director, Vasudeo Singh; General Secretary of the CCWU Sherwood Clarke; Chief HR Officer of the DDL group, Fazela Haniff; and Industrial Relations Officer of the DDL group, Abiola McLennon.

-new monthly minimum to be $125,000

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) yesterday announced that together with the three unions operating in the DDL Group: the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the Guyana Labour Union (GLU), and the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), it signed on Wednesday, November 20, another five-year Collective Labour Agreement for the years 2025-2029.

Describing the signing as “historic,” the release explained that the negotiations were initiated by the company after reviewing the national situation, even though the company and the unions already had a five-year agreement in place, which would have come to an end on December 31, 2025.  The Agreement signed on Wednesday includes a clause that ends the current agreement with effect from December 31, 2024.  The new terms and conditions agreed will come into effect the January 01, 2025.