The main sugar union GAWU yesterday criticised President David Granger for what it contended was his casual treatment of a petition by around 3,500 sugar workers for a pay rise.
In a statement yesterday, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) said that the President’s response reached GAWU on October 10, almost a week after his correspondence is dated. Granger’s October 4th letter informed that the petition has been forwarded to GuySuCo. The union said that the President did not share the rationale for his actions but said he awaited advice from the Corporation on the way forward.
GAWU said that the petition, which was supported by some 3,500 workers, had called on the President to recognize the plight of the workers “who have been severely hard-pressed by the contemporary realities of life”.
