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Dec 29, 2008 News
Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008…
Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, says that his party is ardently seeking to have the Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008 deferred, in order to facilitate greater consultations with the working populace.
According to Corbin, the party has dispatched a letter to the relevant stakeholders pointing out its intention. Shadow Labour Minister, attorney-at-law Basil Williams, has already stated that the Trade Union Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2008, which was tabled in the National Assembly and comes up for debate and possible passage on Monday, will undermine the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC).
According to Williams, the legislation closely resembles a previous Bill that was tabled by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) in 2006, and was pulled from the House after being lambasted for its consequences.
Williams said that, this time around, the only thing that is different is the language, and it is intended to remove the GTUC from the Trade Union’s Representation Certification Board.
He added also that the legislation will marginalize and destroy small unions whilst destroying the aspirations of Hubert Nathaniel Critchlow for a single national association of trade unions.
He also said that the amendment will seek to repeal sections of the principal Act which previously guaranteed a role for the GTUC. According to Williams, the GTUC is the only umbrella body recognised by the International Labour Organisation.
The Shadow Minister emphasised that the legislation is in essence seeking to have the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) become the union to be consulted as it relates to the bargaining process.
Clause Four of the amendment calls for the Minister of Labour to consult the most representative organisations of workers and employers in the appointment of the Chairman of the Representation Certification Board, as against the requirement to consult with the most representative associations of trade unions and employers.
According to Williams, the legislation will remove the GTUC from the board that approves the certification of small unions.
Another clause in the proposed legislation will allow a union to strike only if a board has not determined the union’s application for certification within four months of the application.
Previously, a union could strike if its application was not determined within a period of two months.
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