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GuySuCo/GAWU still locked in ‘talks’

Oct 27, 2009 News

Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) are still deadlocked in their wages and salaries negotiation.

This is according to General Secretary of GAWU, Seepaul Narine, who told Kaieteur News yesterday that GuySuCo refuses to increase its offer from three percent, while GAWU wants it to be higher.

The entities met yesterday in the presence of Chief Labour Officer, Yogannand Persaud, who has since asked GuySuCo’s financial director for explanations as to why the sugar company cannot go higher than three percent.

Over the past few months, GuySuCo has made it known that it is in no position to give workers an increase, given the financial situation the world is faced with.

Earlier in the year the union had stated that it was looking for a 15 percent increase given the growing inflation rate over recent years. The two parties had been at odds over the past few weeks over wages increase.

Recently, GuySuCo pulled out of talks but later said that it was willing to go back to the table once the union was willing to do so.

Sugar workers at the various estates had taken industrial action over several other issues that are also currently under discussion. These include the transfer of workers from the Diamond Estate to the LBI estate.

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