Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) employees who are members of the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) have gone on strike over what they see as significant anomalies in relation to the wages and salaries they are receiving.
Their action came after a meeting on August 15 with GuySuCo where the union was told that the corporation would not be paying an increase sought by the union to address the anomalies.
A statement from the union today said “The disgruntled workers recognising that lower categories in the GuySuCo’s structure were paid at higher rates than them decided to take strike action, a move fully endorsed by the NAACIE”.
NAACIE represents key categories of Guysuco workers including all Clerical and Medical Staff, Sugar Boilers, Laboratory Technicians, Workshop Supervisors, Foremen and Head Office Staff at Ogle and LBI.
Strikes in recent years have battered the troubled sugar corporation.
