Unions say injunction doesn’t prevent payout of severance to Wales sugar workers

Wales Estate sugar workers are confused about why they have not received their severance payouts, in the light of their unions saying that an interim injunction it secured against GuySuCo should not prevent the entity from paying.

But the corporation insists that the injunction, secured by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), has put severance arrangements on hold.

Frustrated workers told Stabroek News that they are facing financial difficulties as they have not been earning for about four months. The injunction was filed two weeks before the