Members of the Caribbean Workers Network Steering Committee have left Guyana optimistic that the country will be the first in the Caribbean to ratify the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Convention, Number 189, to protect domestic workers. According to a ministry release, representatives of the six-country network were in Guyana for their annual planning meeting, and on Monday paid a courtesy call on Labour Minister Dr Nanda Kishore Gopaul before departing.
![Jamaican representative on the network, Shirley Pryce meets Labour Minister Dr Nanda K Gopaul](https://www.guyanatimesinternational.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gopaul-300x250.jpg)
Labour Minister Dr Nanda K Gopaul