As it works towards becoming the official bargaining agent for workers in the burgeoning oil and gas sector here, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday signed a Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) with its sister union, Trinidad-based Oilfield Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU).
The signing of the agreement according to GAWU president, Seepaul Narine, presents the opportunity for the union to gain significant expertise from the OWTU which has been working in the industry for over 85 years.
“The signing of this memorandum is going to allow us to deepen our relations, and at the same time provide further and a much needed guidance to our union which will redound to the benefit of the world. And as a union over the years we have a long history of standing up and defending and this is just another step,” Narine remarked at a press briefing following the signing of the agreement.
