Yesterday’s heavy rains did not prevent workers of the LBI and Enmore sugar estates from once again protesting in front of the Ministry of Presidency against the merging of the two entities as well as poor working conditions.
They were hoping that President David Granger would listen to their concerns and would intervene by instructing the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to engage the workers and their unions.
The workers chanted, “Who must go?” and loudly responded, “Corbet must go,” in reference to the LBI Estate Manager Corbet Victorine. They also called for GuySuCo’s Chief Executive Officer Errol Hanoman to go.
They carried placards, some of which read: ‘GuySuCo refusing to dialogue with workers and union’, ‘LBI cane cultivation continues but workers made redundant’, ‘Work rates at LBI and Enmore different – dialogue required’, ‘GuySuCo closes door to dialogue – open it now!’ ‘GuySuCo must end management deception’, ‘We want to work but under acceptable conditions’ and ‘We can’t accept the bullyism of the estate management.’
