GTUC congratulates all Guyanese as we mark another Arrival Day. For we, more than most, can truly celebrate the diversity of The People Who Came. GTUC commends the idea of identifying a day where the various racial groups can together reflect on their arrival and contributions in the building of this nation. Arrival Day offers this nation the opportunity to continue forging a Guyanese culture built on our motto of One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
Notwithstanding ugly historical experiences to sustain an economic system of exploitation and oppression, Guyana’s various inhabitants have forged alliances in that today we can celebrate six peoples-Amerindian, African, Chinese, European, East Indian and Mixed- and the wonderful mixed of cultures commonly known as the Guyanese way.
In 2015 as we reflect on the road we have travelled since the Arrival Day proclamation there exists efforts to pit race against race, uncaring to the need that our collective wellbeing is reliant on forging a culture guided by spirit and intent to make Guyana a land where all-regardless of how we arrived- can proudly call home and work in a spirit of national unity and nation building.
GTUC calls for the preservation of the spirit and intent of this holiday less this nation be robbed a glorious opportunity for all groups to see themselves and be treated as equals in society. GTUC in congratulating the nation urges every group to safeguard what unites us.
