Pay hike approved for GPL workers

Feb 27, 2025 News

Kaieteur News- Workers of the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) have officially signed a two-year agreement for salary increase following days of protests.

Some workers of the Guyana Power and Light protesting for salary hike (Pay hike approved)

The workers were backed by the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial, and Industrial Employees (NAACIE). This signed agreement includes a 7% salary increase for 2024 and a 5% increase for 2025.

This was confirmed by General Secretary of the NAACIE Dawchan Naggasar, during an interview with Kaieteur News on Wednesday. He explained that the agreement covers the period from 2024 to 2025. “We signed off Friday, we signed a two-year agreement from 2024 to 2025,” Naggasar said. He also stated that workers will now see their salary increase from March. “Payments will start to be made in March and then April and May because we will pay out the 2024 in March and 2025 will be paid in April and May. Seven percent increase in 2024 and 5% in 2025,” Naggasar explained.

The salary hike had been initially agreed upon in 2024 after extensive negotiations between the workers’ union, GPL, and the government. The increase was scheduled to take effect in January 2025, but delays in government approval caused significant frustration among workers.

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