Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union

GAWU

Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union
Founded	1946
Members	21,000
Affiliations	WFTU
Website	http://www.gawu.net

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.

The GAWU is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

References

• ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7. {{cite book}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |editor= (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)