Talks to resume today towards ending sugar industry strike

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will continue talks today towards finalising the terms of resumption that will see sugar workers back on the job as soon as possible.

GAWU President Komal Chand told Stabroek News that the talks were postponed until later in the afternoon yesterday with GuySuCo requesting additional time to prepare.

Later yesterday, GuySuCo Human Resources Manager Jairam Petam told Stabroek News that the two sides had failed to reach an agreement and are scheduled to meet again today at noon. “Hopefully, we should be able to reach an agreement for the strike to be called off,” he said.

Meanwhile, as talks were postponed at the Labour Ministry, workers at the Albion estate went on strike in solidarity with Skeldon workers.

Stabroek News was told that today workers at Rose Hall would up the ante striking alongside Albion and Skeldon.

Chand stated that some workers did return to work at Skeldon following an incident on Friday between a worker and Estate Manager Dave Kumar, which resulted in the worker, Stephen Daniels being issued a dismissal letter.

All this confusion at GuySuCo.....but meanwhile the Management team continue to draw down some sugar-sweet megga salaries for heading a fast-dying industry, using the Guyanese Tax Payers money..

Isn't it sad and ironic. There is always haste to settle sugar workers strikes but public servants and bauxite workers are always on their own. This is the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for you.

Does the term spoilage means anything to you erstwhile posters?

The Public Servants...aaah...another study in incompetence.

And the bauxite workers...well gimme free electricity for life in Berbice and then you will have no strike...

Not just because you are a manager you can come, in an alleged state of drunkenness, and  abuse the worker.

Now even if he wasn't drunk, he had no right to abuse the worker. Good he razz get slapped...now he will know his place as a manager and act properly. My cane cutters, the old tradition of great pride and strength.