The Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc. (GuySuCo) has expressed growing concern at the number of strikes over the past two weeks at practically all the estates which it says is creating an unmanageable degree of instability in the industry and affecting its value chain.
According to a GuySuCo press release, the strikes called by the General Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) continue to frustrate the corporation’s attempt to achieve targets for the Second Crop. The strikes could possibly lead to the corporation’s closure, GuySuCo warned, if its ability to conduct its core business becomes severely impaired and compromises any justification for keeping its doors open.
Over the past two weeks, there were a number of strikes at almost all the estates, an act which the corporation views as the union misleading the 16,000 employees and jeopardizing their livelihood, according to the GuySuCo release. An analysis of the industrial relations actions taken in the recent period shows that GAWU is responsible for the most strikes among the unionized employees, the corporation said.
