TUC wants local workers on Marriott project

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is calling on the Government to ensure that the country’s workers are not shut out from jobs and registered its displeasure at reports that Guyanese workers are not part of the labour force on the site of the Marriott Hotel now under construction in Kingston.

In a press release yesterday, the GTUC in a statement called on the President of Guyana to ensure that Guyana’s sovereignty is protected and that the rights of Guyanese workers are respected.  Some 140 Chinese workers are working on the construction site.

“The [GTUC] is deeply disturbed by the report that the Marriott Hotel