Reconsider pay hike, API -GAWU urges Guysuco

Saying that it remains committed to the just demands of sugar workers, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday called on the sugar corporation to review its position on increased wages and the Annual Production Incentive (API).

The union issued a statement, noting that the issues of wages and the API remain unsettled as the year nears a close. It added that it is disheartened by how sugar workers are being treated “so shabbily” in the midst of the Christmas season. “We note the increases awarded to other sector workers and welcome these, though in today’s circumstances we can support an even bigger increase for them, noting the cost of living,”