The SS Ganges brings the last group of Indian indentured migrants

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 1 December 1905, police opened fire during mass protest in Georgetown after days of waterfront strike and rising public action. The unrest involved workers across sectors, including women whose...

On 13 March 1913, colonial police shot and killed fifteen Indian indentured workers at Rose Hall estate in Berbice; about forty more were seriously wounded. The confrontation followed weeks of labor...

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 12 March 1917, the Government of India prohibited further recruitment and shipment of indentured workers to overseas colonies. The measure followed years of criticism and organizing in India and...

On 1 January 1920, outstanding indenture contracts in British Guiana were officially brought to an end, according to Guyanese historical accounts. This legal closure followed India’s 1917 ban on...

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...

On 16 February 1939, police opened fire during a strike at Plantation Leonora on the West Coast Demerara, killing four workers, including a woman, and seriously injuring four others. Workers were...

On 22 April 1948, about 1,200 sugar workers from seven East Coast Demerara estates began strike action against the cut-and-load harvesting system and unfair measurement of work. The method required...

On 5 June 1948, striking sugar workers staged a mass protest in Georgetown after weeks of unresolved labor conflict on the estates. The march brought rural plantation workers’ demands into the...