City bracing for workers strike today

The Mayor and City Councillors (M&CC) are bracing for an anticipated strike by city workers beginning today, over unpaid wages that are due to 22 percent of the work force.

“The Mayor and Councillors of the City of Georgetown wishes to bring to the attention of the general public that yesterday [Tuesday] November 14, 2017, the Chairman of the Council’s Finance Committee, Mr. Oscar Clarke and Officials of the City’s Administration met with representatives of the two Unions representing employees of the Council, the Guyana Local Government Officers Union (GLGOU) and Guyana Labour Union (GLU),” the M&CC announced in a press release last evening.

The meeting was called at the behest of the Finance Chairman to discuss with the Unions the Council’s current financial position, according to the statement.