Workers at Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated, mainly owned by RUSAL, are to get thinner pay-packets whenever they are about to go on vacation because the company has decided to stop paying them vacation allowance.
After numerous attempts throughout yesterday RUSAL officials could not be contacted for a comment. The Working Peoples Alliance (WPA) said the workers have been given one week to sign a new contract of employment that would see them taking home only their leave passage assistance.
Opposition political party the Alliance For Change (AFC) also weighed in on the issue saying that they believe the
