Bauxite workers claim unfair dismissals

-after blowing whistle on infested kitchen of horrors

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Five workers dismissed by the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) are claiming discrimination as a result of their protest against meals prepared in the roach-infested kitchen at the Aroaima work station, which was filled with spoilt and expired goods.

The employees were fired last Friday—four days after the company’s management investigated complaints by more than 50 workers and found their …..


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