The two major trade union umbrella organisations have come out against any move to transfer responsibility for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) from the Ministry of Finance and the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) back to the Ministry of Agriculture because of the failure of its past leadership.
“Moving back, it is generally recognised, is not usually a step in the right direction. Our organisations strongly uphold that it is time to end the hopscotching approach to the sugar industry in the interest of all concerned,” the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) and the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) said in a joint statement issued on Friday, while noting that they “cannot lend a supporting voice to the intrigues playing out in the corridors of power regarding the sugar industry.”
Both umbrella bodies said they were extremely dismayed to learn that attempts are being made, and possibly a process has been put in motion, to transfer the responsibility for GuySuCo back to the Agriculture Ministry.
