Hundreds of workers from different unions across the country braved the weather to march together as a historic Labour Day saw the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) rally together for the first time in over two decades.
Armed with their umbrellas to protect them from the sporadic rainfall, the workers bore jubilant faces and expressed excitement as they marched through the city yesterday, their bright shirts painting the streets red. The march from Parade Ground began an hour later than the slated 7:30am start but that did not discourage the groups as the crowd grew by the minute. Persons from Berbice and Linden blended in with the Georgetown folk and fell in with their respective unions as the amalgamated groups paraded with one purpose.
