Over 3,000 sugar workers across the country began a strike yesterday for an increase in wages and salaries, which they have not been granted over the past five years as a result of what they believe is clear discrimination.
The withdrawal of labour by workers from the Albion, Blairmont and Uitvlugt estates is another blow to GuySuCo’s efforts to achieve its production target.
Some workers were also joined by officials from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE) in a protest in front of the Ministry of the Presidency on Vlissengen Road, in Georgetown.
