GuySuCo pillories GAWU over spate of sugar industry strikes

Skeldon cane cutters gathered outside of the Skeldon Estate during a protest yesterday morning. (GAWU photo)

GuySuCo yesterday blasted GAWU for strikes over the last two weeks by cane cutters on a number of estates, while saying that the sugar industry cannot afford the stoppages.

A large number of cane cutters from the Skeldon Estate staged a protest yesterday morning after they claimed they were being paid poorly by GuySuCo for clearing vine-infested canes.

A press release from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) subsequently said that the workers related that they were required to put “significant additional effort” into cutting canes that are infested with vines and they are not being remunerated adequately.