The late General Secretary of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) was yesterday remembered as a “true champion” of workers.
Joseph, 65, who was also the General Secretary of Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), passed on Thursday at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, where he was being treated for a stroke he suffered three weeks ago.
According to a statement issued by NAACIE yesterday, Joseph dedicated most of his life to the “upliftment of workers’ rights, strength and unity” and he represented the cause not only in Guyana but in other countries as well, including Antigua, Barbados, Brazil, England, Jamaica Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
