The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) is considering legal action on behalf of about 375 Wales Estate cane-cutters and cane transporters who it says are being denied severance payments by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).
It is “illegal for the workers to be denied their severance pay… GuySuCo is flouting the law regarding the 10-mile radius… That is a burning issue for GAWU,” GAWU President Komal Chand told Stabroek News.
He explained that when the workers become redundant at an estate and the closest alternative location for employment is more than 10 miles away, the workers are entitled to severance payments.
