The application by some employees of RUSAL subsidiary, BCGI to have the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) derecognised as the bargaining unit for workers has been denied by the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board (TUR&CB).
The decision of the board was formally communicated to the workers on February 18, 2011, more than a year after the matter was first brought to the TUR&CB. Stabroek News managed to obtain a copy of the letter, signed by the board’s secretary Charles Ogle and addressed to Linden Prince. Stabroek News understands that Prince is the representative of the workers’ committee established at the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. (BCGI).
The text of the letter read:
“The Trade Union Recog-nition and Certification Board received your petition of names and signatures of workers who are no longer desirous to
