The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) yesterday commenced a Community Outreach programme for residents in ‘sugar dependent’ areas at the Wales Community Centre but agitated workers were not convinced that they should travel to the Uitvlugt estate and pressed for their severance pay.
The former manager of the Wales estate, Dave Kumar told the workers that the estate was not closed but was diversified. When one of the workers tried to interrupt him, he blurted out that if he couldn’t listen, it’s either he leaves or the worker leaves. This caused a commotion when almost all of the workers got up and walked out. It was only after some pleading that most of them returned and the meeting continued. At this point, the manager of the Uitvlugt estate, Yudhisthira Mana addressed the workers and showed them
