The Private Sector Commis-sion (PSC) believes that if the Linden situation is not resolved soon, the result could be serious as there are hundreds of jobs at stake and potential investment in the mining industry is being hindered by current occurrences in Linden.
“People are losing their jobs… I believe we are approaching the tipping point if this problem does not end within the next 24 to 48 hrs the result could be serious…we understand that Toucan Connections has decided to lay off its employees… BOSAI, which had a massive investment plan, is thinking again because they cannot even get their managers into the plant,” Chairman of the PSC Ronald Webster is quoted as saying in a Government Information Agency (GINA) press release yesterday.
Webster, Clinton Urling of the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and Carvil Duncan of the Guyana Labour Union on Monday evening spoke of the impact and consequences of the
