The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) says it is concerned that overt attempts are being made by the Alliance for Change (AFC) to undermine and discredit GAWU’s historic and current representation of the nation’s sugar workers.
According to FITUG, which includes the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), the AFC in hastening to offer support to sugar workers engaged in work-stoppages in several estates, has done so without having a full grasp of the issues involved.
A FITUG press release yesterday referred to the issue as “an unsettling development in Guyana’s industrial environment,” and contended that “the political party evidently feels that the
