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The General Agricultural Workers' Union (GAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the agriculture sector in Ghana.. The union was founded on 5 February 1959, with the merger of the Agricultural Division Workers' Union, the Animal Health Workers’ Union, the Forestry Division Employees' Union and the Produce Inspection Employees' Union.
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.
Merged into GAWU: 5,958 Airways Workers' Union: 98 Amalgamated Civil Engineering and Woodworkers' Union: ACEWU: Bank of British West Africa Employees' Union: 850 Barclays' Bank Staff Union: 121 Cape Coast Municipal Workers' Union: 198 Cocoa Purchasing Company Employees' Union: 476 Compagnie Français de l'Afrique Occidentale Employees' Union: 1,500
[1]: 344 In 1980, Rita Ndzanga and Mary Ntsike led a split which became GAWU. It formed as a non-racial union. It formed as a non-racial union. [ 1 ] : 344 Its members were made up of people from the brush and copper industries, mining house office workers, cleaners, scooter drivers, and petrol and transport workers.
Zulfikar started his career working as Assistant General Secretary of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) between 1989 and 2002. In 2003, he ran for the Guyana National Assembly and was elected that same year. He was elected for a three-year tenure which ran from 2003 to 2006.
Eric Gawu has gone through torrid periods finding his rhythm, compelling fans of Hearts of Oak to question whether the management of the club made a wise buy. In 2007 FK Sarajevo considered a move for him from Hearts of Oak, the Bosnia & Herzegovina club wanted him on a years contract. [2]
His father, Boysie Ramkarran, served as British Guiana's, Minister of Works and Communications in the 1957/61 PPP government and immediately after that Boysie Ramkarran served as Minister of Works and Hydraulics in the 1961/1964 PPP government and he was also the General Secretary of GAWU between 1975 and 1985. [citation needed]
However, the following years saw increasing tensions between the MPCA and the ruling People's Progressive Party, together with the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union (GAWU). [1] Prior to the 1964 British Guiana general election, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) would fund and provide propaganda to UF. [2]