LBI, Enmore workers strike over cane quota

Some of the striking sugar workers

Cane harvesters at the La Bonne Intention (LBI) and the Enmore estates, on the East Coast of Demerara, yesterday went on strike over a decision by GuySuCo requiring them to meet a quota before they are paid.

Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle called a meeting last evening with representatives of GuySuCo and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) to resolve the dispute,