With no definite indication of when the remaining laid off sugar workers will be paid their severance, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) says it will be meeting with workers to decide on their next course of action.
Speaking to Stabroek News, President of GAWU, Komal Chand said that despite government officials asserting that the workers would be paid this month, no positive assurance has been given by either the Government or the sugar company about a definite date.
“We are calling on them to make available the money because GuySuCo reported to us that they don’t have money and they requested the payment for about $5 billion,” Chand said, while pointing out that the Union is particularly concerned about the date when the workers will be paid, since some of them were slated to have received their money last month.
