More measures must be in place to protect sugar workers’ rights

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Pooran’s widow, the closest surviving relative of the Enmore Martyrs, is given support as she lays a wreath under her husband’s name.
Pooran’s widow, the closest surviving relative of the Enmore Martyrs, is given support as she lays a wreath under her husband’s name.

On the 65th death anniversary of the Enmore Martyrs, President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) Komal Chand said more measures need to be put in place to protect workers’ rights, while noting the impact the 1948 sugar strike had on Guyana’s journey toward independence.

In his address at a commemoration ceremony on Sunday, Chand said, “We in the sugar industry