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Uitvlugt Estate in crisis

Jul 05, 2013 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
Please permit me as a concerned worker of the Uitvlugt Estate, GuySuCo to let our voices be heard. Firstly, the President, Mr. Donald Ramotar clearly stated that anyone having suggestions on how to save the ailing sugar industry should come forward.
Well sir, we at the Uitvlugt Estate feel that the removal of the incompetent managers is the first thing to be done. Sir, we at this Estate are facing bias and dictatorial style leadership.
Thus individual was booted out of Jamaica and then out of Blairmont and another estate. But that does not change him a bit. He seems to find the workers of Uitvlugt Estate to be quiet and easygoing, so he is taking undue advantage.
Sir, we think that the Ministry of Agriculture should send a team to investigate this estate. Money is squandering under this man’s leadership, i.e. aircraft spraying has been done on the same area twice.
Plants canes are yielding 35-40 tons cane per area. A plants cane fields have been planted twice, because the canes top that was drawn to plant the fields, were too hard and did not germinate. How competent.
We have the worst navigation system in the industry. Now sir, I am asking this question to all the estate managers- is the weather predicts heavy rainfall would you go heat and spray with aircraft?
We at the Uitvlugt Estate have reasons why we do, so then blame it on the rain.
Uitvlugt Estate is full of what we call “square pegs in a round hole”. Another thing sir, is that on a daily basis, the E.M is threatening workers with dismissal.
How can workers operate in this fear? And according to an inside source, he was quoted as saying that come this second crop, he would dismiss staffers, both junior and senior to show who is the man for the job. How competent.
When he first came, the factory had three watchmen. He removed two, leaving the factory with only one, while his home has three. Only recently, millions of dollars in components have gone missing. Thanks to the lone watchman.
Thank you sir, for allowing our voices to be heard.
Disgruntled sugar workers

 

 

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