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The Guyana Trades Union Congress is a national trade union center in Guyana. It was founded in 1941 as the British Guiana Trades Union Council . It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation .
The BGLU was founded in 1919, emerging as a labour union amongst black dockworkers. Led by Hubert Critchlow. It soon expanded into a colony-wide labour movement. [2] BGLU was not the first trade union in the Caribbean, but was the first to be legally registered. [3] By 1928 the organization claimed to have 1,073 members, of whom 341 were women. [4]
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union (GAWU) is the largest trade union in Guyana.It was founded in 1946 as the Guiana Industrial Workers' Union.After failing in the 1950s it was reformed as the Guyana Sugar Workers' Union in 1961 but changed its name to Guyana Agricultural Workers' Union in 1962 before becoming the GAWU later that decade.
It may be awarded also to "any citizen of Guyana who has performed an outstanding and specific act of service or achievement of an exceptional nature, or is given for long and dedicated service of a consistently high standard in responsible offices, local government services, social and voluntary services, industry or trade unions, or in any ...
National trade union centres of Guyana (2 P) Pages in category "Trade unions in Guyana" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
The National Workers' Union (NWU) is a trade union in Guyana. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. References. ICTUR; ...
The BGLU is officially the first trade union in the Caribbean. In 1945 he attended the World Trade Union Conference as President of the British Guiana Trades Union Council. [2] Often referred to as 'The father of Trade Unions', Critchlow was the first man in British Guiana to formalize labor negotiations. He died in Georgetown in 1958.
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