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Albion estate strike ends after parties meet

Jul 26, 2012 News

The Albion Estate strike has finally come to an end after management, GAWU officials and workers met yesterday to iron out issues and discuss a way forward.
More than 500 workers attached to the Albion/Port Mourant Estate on the Corentyne, Monday, intensified strike actions to demand a higher price for canes. Workers, mainly cane-harvesters blocked the entrance to the sugar factory on Monday, and congregated to air their concerns and views about the matter. They are demanding $4,000 to cut the ‘over-run’ [bad] cane and not $1,600 and $1,800 that are being offered to them at present.
The strike lasted 10 days and placed a financial burden on the already ailing sugar industry in Guyana.
Kaieteur News spoke with Gang representative last evening, Stephen Kishan, who related that Director of the Albion Estate; Estate Manager, Devendra Kumar; GAWU Field Secretary Harvey Tambarin and General Secretary of GAWU, Seepaul  Narine met yesterday morning with the workers’ reps.
An amicable solution was reached in that the estate has agreed to burn the fresh crop of canes from today. “They said that they will not pay for any over-run cane and the workers asked them not to burn any over-run canes unless the reps are called in. They have a say in the matter,” Kishan said.
Albion Estate has over 25 punts of over-run (spoilt) canes from the last crop. GuySuCo, he said, related to them this morning that the strike, which lasted 10 days, has cost the estate some $10M in canes.
All of the reps. he said, were satisfied with the decision even though they would not be paid $4,000 for the ‘over- run’ canes since the industry said that it does not have the funds to pay such. However, the payments they will receive can be higher than that, all depending on the type and conditions of the canes that are harvested.
All workers resume work today.

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