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C-Planet database of voters was compiled by the Labour Party
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C-Planet database of voters was compiled by the Labour Party
This month, April 27 to be exact, marks 70 years since the victory of the PPP in the 1953 election, the first that was held under universal adult suffrage. The PPP, under the leadership of the charismatic Dr. Cheddi Jagan won a landslide victory, winning 18 out of the 24 seats. Because of the hard work done by the Political Affairs Committee (PAC), the forerunner to the PPP, in raising the political consciousness of the Guianese people, the turnout was high at 77.7%, which at that time was among the highest in the Caribbean.
Hundreds of oil and gas platforms will stage a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay and other working conditions. Unite has warned that the standstill by the walkout has been planned for April 24. Industry experts agree that contractors and operators can afford to give the Unite members a decent pay rise.
Hundreds of thousands of workers are walking out together next week – the latest wave in Britain’s strike tsunami. Not since the 1970s has the country seen such levels of industrial action. We must learn the lessons from this period of struggle.
Why did Desmond Zammit Marmara wait until now to condemn Labour?