Demerara Timbers workers strike for wage increase

Under the umbrella of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), seventy workers from Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) went on strike on November 19 at the company’s Mabura Hill operations.

According to a GAWU press release, the strike resulted from a failure of the company to arrive at a consensus with the union since June 22, 2015