The People United and General Workers Union (PUGWU) recently made allegations of the alleged on-going mistreatment of workers. According to the General Secretary, of the PUGWU the bauxite company of Guyana Rusal shows “no regard and is disrespectful to their workers”.The Bauxite Company of Guyana is a technically advanced mining facility, developing a number of rich deposits of high quality bauxite. It was founded in December 2004 under an agreement between RUSAL and the Government of Guyana. RUSAL owns a 90 per cent stake in the company; the remaining 10 per cent belong to the Guyanese government.In 2006,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, RUSAL acquired the assets of Aroaima Mining Company from the Government of Guyana and transferred them to the Bauxite Company of Guyana. RUSAL owns licenses to develop Linden, Kwakwani?and Ituni deposits groups in Guyana.“Of all the foreign Bauxite companies that operated at Aroaima,NFL Jerseys China, Kwakwani and Everton the Russian-owned Bauxite Company Guyana Inc. (Rusal) is the worst. This company shows total disregard and disrespect for the workers and their union (the Guyana Bauxite and general Workers Union), for the Guyana Labour Industrial Laws and practices,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, and for the international labour conventions that Guyana signed into”, said Micah Williams,Air Max 97 Undefeated White, General Secretary of PUGWA.In May 2009 there was the suspension of workers who protested unsafe working conditions; in December 2009 there was the dismissal of 57 workers who were engaged in strike action for increased wages and improved working conditions, in November 2010 there was the dismissal of workers who protested BCGI’s cockroach and rat infested kitchen, and the use of expired food items to prepare their meals.”The Company’s Managing Director, Mr. Ruslan Volokhov wrote the then Minister of Labour,? Manzoor Nadir, informing him that the Company had terminated the collective labour agreement and also derecognized the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU).It has stuck to this lawless position which is a breach of Article 23 (1) of the Trade Union Recognition Act, the trade unionist said.The then APNU/AFC joint parliamentary opposition party brought up the matter before the house requesting that Mr. Manzoor Nadir,Cheap Jerseys USA, the then Minister of Labour to have the matter addressed but no action was taken by the government as he did not fulfill his duty on the matter.Subsequent Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, decided to send the union and company dispute to arbitration but the company failed to turn up on March 13 for an arbitration meeting called by the Ministry of Labour.The company’s lawyer sent a letter informing the Secretary of the Arbitration Tribunal that he was unable to represent RUSAL’s management who are abroad. He said that he too was out of the jurisdiction.The company went to court on the matter and was granted an order halting arbitration proceedings. Chief Justice (Ag), Ian Chang,Dale Murphy Braves Throwback Jersey, granted the Orders Nisi.? The company refused to treat with the arbitration process and took the matter to court. The minister was requested by the court to file a document stating the details of the matter and he did but the court ruled that his document had to be resubmitted since it was not properly prepared. Dr. Nanda Gopaul never fulfilled the court request.In 2014 in absence of the GB&GWU representation the company changed the standard format to calculate the annual Christmas safety bonus payout resulting in workers receiving less money.At present the company employs most of its workers on contract in doing so it does not make deductions for payments to NIS and GRA, which are required by the laws of NIS and GRA.Early last year the company prevented Hururu loggers and residents’ access through the Kurubuka 22 mines main road to access cut and uncut logs which they depend upon for livelihood. They initially refused to pay to the Hururu Village Council a reasonable monthly lease fee for the road leading to the wharf and the construction/operations of a wharf at Kurubuka 22 mine site.This resulted in residents staging a protest and blocking the road from the Hururu crossing barge area leading to Kurubuka 22 miles which the company uses from Hururu crossing Barge area to Kurubuka 22 miles and also blocking the Berbice River preventing the company’s vehicle tugs and barges from operating.It is the opinion of many persons that Mr. Herman Williams, the then company’s Sergeant/Community’s Liaison Officer who had nothing to do with the protest and