The body of the late trade unionist Komal Chand arrived at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on a Caribbean Airlines flight from Cuba on Friday evening.
Chand died in April while receiving treatment in Havana, Cuba. He had been accompanied there by his wife.
The body of the late Komal Chand being offloaded from the plane (DPI photo)
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) had in May granted approval for the body of the late trade unionist to return to Guyana from Cuba, after initially having denied the family’s request for the body to be returned to Guyana.
Chand joined the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) in 1975 as the union’s organising secretary, and had later served as the organisation’s President up to the time of his passing.
The late Komal Chand
Described as an individual who was committed to his work, Chand had dedicated his career to fighting for the protection and rights of workers in the sugar, rice and numerous other industries in Guyana.
