CCWU wins right to represent CJIA aviation security workers

Aviation security officers and supervisors at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have, by a landslide, voted to be represented by the Clerical & Commercial Workers’ Union (CCWU).
The CCWU and the Guyana Labour Union (GLU) had entered the poll to represent the CJIA aviation security officers, aviation security supervisors, and clerical assistants, and the CCWU certified 54 workers out of 120; thus, the CCWU applied for Certification of Recognition out of 120 employees.
According to a statement from the CCWU, the GLU had challenged the CCWU’s certification with an inflated certification of 70 out of 140 workers. A list of 116 workers was presented to the Trade Union Recognition and Certification Board by the CJIA management, and in disagreement with the list presented by the CJIA, the CCWU sought clarification to finalise the list. This led to three more workers being added to the list, taking the total to 119 workers.
Both parties – the CCWU and the GLU – agreed on the total number of workers; and there subsequently was an election for the representation of the 119 workers of aviation security at the CJIA. Of the 88 votes cast, 79 were in favour of the CCWU, while nine were in favour of the GLU.
The CCWU was formed in 1948, and represents the widest cross-section of workers.