On 28 November 1905, workers at Sandbach Parker’s wharf in Georgetown began a strike over low pay and exhausting conditions. Dockworkers worked long hours, lacked overtime compensation for night work,...
On 4 January 1917, Georgetown wharf workers began a ten-day strike for higher wages, a shorter working day and overtime pay. Wartime inflation had sharply raised the cost of basic foods. Led by Hubert...
On 3 April 1924, colonial police opened fire at Ruimveldt on a large march of sugar workers from East Bank Demerara estates. The marchers were traveling toward Georgetown in support of the striking...
