GuySuCo’s recent move to contract out labour to independent firms signals the end of the trade union movement in the sector and also breaks the laws of the country while it exploits the already struggling, severed workers, former Attorney General Anil Nandall says.

“It is clear therefore, that the SPU (Special Purpose Unit) and GuySuCo intend to further trample upon trade unionism and the rights and interests of workers to be represented by a trade union of their choice,” Nandlall told Stabroek News yesterday.

 

“This is certainly a retrograde step in industrial and labour relations in our country. There is an emphatic insistence that these workers must not be part of or belong to, any trade union. This is clearly unconstitutional and in violation of the protection accorded to workers by Article 147 of the Constitution,” he added…..