The Full Court has affirmed the previous ruling of High Court Judge Franklyn Holder, who invalidated a poll conducted back in 2020 by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) in an attempt to replace the Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers to represent workers at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Burma Rice Research Centre.
Among other things, Justice Holder had ruled that the poll conducted under the auspices of the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board in the absence of survey which was a mandatory prerequisite, contravened the Trade Union Recognition Act and was therefore unlawful.
The poll saw GAWU gaining majority support for representation of the GRDB workers.
