The Voice of Labour
Child rights and human rights explained
Everyone, everywhere has the same rights as a result of our common humanity. We are all equally entitled to our...
Read moreDetailsEqual Participation in Political and Public Affairs
Many Guyanese take for granted the right to political and public participation which is enshrined in United Nations (UN) Declarations....
Read moreDetailsConvention on Trafficking in Persons and Exploitation of Prostitution of Others
Trafficking in Person is a serious problem in developing countries, including Guyana. The United Nations deems Trafficking in Person a...
Read moreDetailsEnding violence against women
UNITED NATIONS- One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. Violence against women...
Read moreDetailsWhat are Economic, Social and Cultural Rights-and Civil and Political Rights?
Economic social and cultural rights (ESCR) include the rights to adequate food, to adequate housing, to education, to health, to...
Read moreDetailsNot an attack on GAWU’s achievements-GTU President Dr. Mark Lyte
Below is a response to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) by President Lyte I wish to respond to...
Read moreDetailsLiving in a land of shrinking freedoms
We are living in a land with shrinking freedoms. Whereas our Western brothers look and talk about China cracking down...
Read moreDetailsIn oil-rich Guyana Government can afford to pay teachers interim 20% increase
In 2024 the Government of Guyana in an oil-rich economy is refusing to pay public school teachers an interim 20 per...
Read moreDetailsWhat to expect at the 2024 International Labour Conference Opening Monday
The 112th International Labour Conference – ILC – opens on the 3rd of June in Geneva. Often described as an...
Read moreDetailsIndependence must mean something for those who fought for it- the workers
This 58th Independence Anniversary finds workers of Guyana-past, present and future- questioning whether the battle they waged against the colonial authority...
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