Critchlow, trades union bodies host workplace safety workshops

The Critchlow Labour College (CLC) partnered with the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to host a series of workshops for workers on Occupational Safety and Heath (OSH).

In a press release, the CLC said the ILO is sponsoring the workshops with the principal aim of developing participants’ knowledge and skill in implementing OSH management systems in their respective trades unions and workplaces. The GTUC owns the CLC.

The first workshop was hosted from May 31 to June 3 in Region One. It was conducted by GTUC OSH Coordinator Dale Beresford and comprised two sessions on HIV/AIDS with workers drawn from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), the