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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.
With 215,000 square kilometres (83,000 sq mi), Guyana is the fourth-smallest country on mainland South America after Uruguay, Suriname and French Guiana. The main economic activities in Guyana are agriculture (production of rice and Demerara sugar ), bauxite mining, gold mining, timber, shrimp fishing and minerals.
The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the food processing industry in South Africa. The union was formed in 1986, through the amalgamation of the Food and Canning Workers' Union , the Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union and the Retail and Allied Workers' Union . [ 1 ]
The National Workers' Union (NWU) is a trade union in Guyana. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. References. ICTUR; et al., ...
The Agricultural Food and Allied Democratic Workers Union (AFADWU) is a trade union representing food processing workers in South Africa.. The union was founded in 2016 after the dismissal of an army of worker leaders, shop stewards and officials by the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU). [1]
The Cabinet of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is a principal component of the executive branch of the government of Guyana. Established by Article 106 of the Constitution of Guyana, the Cabinet consists of the President of Guyana, the Prime Minister, the Vice Presidents (if any additional Vice Presidents are appointed), and the Ministers appointed by the President.
The 2023 Guyanese local elections, officially due since 2020, were held on Monday, June 12, 2023, following the latest delay of the officially biennial polls by three years due to lawsuits and vacanies at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) following the fallout and misconduct of the 2020 Guyanese general election and the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
For the 1997 elections, it formed an alliance with the Guyana Labour Party named the Alliance for Guyana. Although the alliance's share of the vote dropped to 1.2%, it won one seat. In the 2001 elections, the WPA allied with the Guyana Action Party, receiving 2.4% of the vote and two seats.