Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) President Komal Chand yesterday said this can still be a turnaround year for the sugar industry once major defects at GuySuCo’s Skeldon factory are fixed, and while he welcomed government’s intervention in the sector, he accused opposition party, the AFC of trying to undermine the union.
“With the fixing of the major defects at the Skeldon factory before the commencement of the second crop in late July, as we were recently assured by GuySuCo, then 2012 can really be the turnaround year for the sugar industry,” Chand said while addressing the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) May Day rally held at the National Park.
Unlike recent years, FITUG’s rally saw a poor turnout and from all indications sugar workers did not support the event in their numbers as has been the case previously. There were, however, workers joining the parade for the first time, such as those from the
