183 planting, tillage workers jobless after halt to Wales estate operations

Dozens of tillage workers and planters at the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) Wales estate will be out of work immediately following the decision by government to close the West Demerara estate.

Stabroek News was told that the 73 tillage employees and 110 from the planting division were told by GuySuCo that they would have to wait until October before the state-owned corporation could provide answers in relation to their employment.

Speaking to Stabroek News after meeting with GuySuCo’s Chief Industrial Relations Officer Deodat Sukhu on Wednesday, a delegation from the unions representing sugar workers, GAWU and NAACIE, expressed anger and