GAWU calls for inquiry into sugar industry

Calling for a commission of inquiry into the sugar industry, GAWU has slammed GuySuCo over last year’s “disappointing” performance and accused it of producing the sweetener at a whopping US$40 cents per pound, harvesting young canes during the second crop and failing to negotiate a better sales deal with Tate and Lyle.

The attack by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is politically significant given its