Fifty years after the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) came into existence it is a far cry from the vibrant force that once represented workers and played a pivotal role in decision-making in the country. Back then it had a voice like a lion’s roar, while today it can manage no more than the purr of a cat.
The GTUC is now a fractured body with some of its members breaking away and starting a rival grouping. There are many reasons for its downward slide over the years, not least of them being the political climate where it has come to be perceived as an enemy of the government.
But newly elected President of the congress,
