The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has agreed to accept a 5% pay raise for sugar workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2011, in light of GuySuCo’s “cash-strapped” state, which includes over $6B in debts.
GAWU and GuySuCo concluded wage negotiations on Tuesday, while the other sugar workers’ union, the National Association of Agricultural, l Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), approved a five per cent (5%) wage/salary increase by agreement on July 8.
Although GAWU had originally
