Officials from the Ministry of Social Protection’s Department of Labour and the Ministry of Natural Resources, on Monday met with aggrieved Guyana Goldfields Inc. workers, who ended their strike four days ago.
Over 100 workers had downed their tools last week Tuesday after fears that they would be made redundant and not paid severance. Those fears arose after workers heard that a private mining contractor would be taking over the operations of most of the company and would be bringing in their contracted employees.
Subsequently, on Thursday, the workers’ unofficial union – the National Mine Workers Union of Guyana (NMWUG) – met with Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection, Keith Scott, and Chief Labour Officer, Charles Ogle, among other ministry officials. At the meeting, head of the NMWUG Sherwayne Downer, said he was given the assurance that none of the workers would lose their jobs and the union’s application would be expedited.
