Workers attached to the Blairmont Sugar Estate on Friday participated in a picketing exercise, protesting what they said was the unfair dismissal of one of their colleagues.
The protest was spearheaded by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and involved 943 cane harvesters and 45 workshop workers. They expressed disappointment at how the management of the Blairmont Estate handled a matter which led to one worker being dismissed and another sent on leave for six weeks. They want the matter to be settled via a dispute resolution mechanism provided for in the agreement with the Guyana Sugar Corporation.
