Chief Labour Officer failed to attend meeting scheduled with GB&GWU and BCGI

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Today, October 7, the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) and the Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc (BCGI) turned up at the Ministry of Labour for an engagement with the Chief Labour Officer (CLO), Mr. Yoganand Persaud, for a scheduled 1:00 pm meeting between the parties but the CLO was a no show. BCGI members left the Ministry after waiting for some 20 minutes and was not told anything by the  staff.
 
The meeting between the BCGI and GB&GWU was planned several weeks ago. It was scheduled to move the process forward in addressing the impasse and the 57 workers who were fired without their rights to due process being respected.
This publication subsequently found out that Mr. Persaud’s absence was as a result
of  a meeting with the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).
 
 Wednesday, October 5, a protest was held in front of the Guyana High Commission and Russian Embassy in London to bring attention to the BCGI impasse, human rights abuses and degeneracy in the society. This protest was spearheaded by the Union’s UK and various organisations