900 sugar workers to be laid off already accounted for – Agri Ministry

The Ministry of Agriculture says that the new set of workers who are expected to be laid off from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) have already been catered for in the released figure of 4,763.

In Tuesday’s edition of Stabroek News, it was reported that hundreds more workers were expected to be laid off, after the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) released a statement on Monday saying that information from the sugar company pointed to more workers being laid off.

PRO of GuySuCo, Audreyanna Thomas, when contacted on Monday by this newspaper, confirmed that more workers were expected to be laid off, but explained that she could not provide an exact figure.

However, a release from the Agriculture Ministry on Tuesday