The recent announcement by President Irfaan Ali that all workers of the State will benefit from a $25,000 grant has been welcomed by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).
GAWU in a statement yesterday said that the gesture by the Government will assist recipients and their families.
“We recognise that the grant comes on the heels (of) several other measures taken by the Administration to ease the cost-of-living and to put more monies in the pockets of ordinary Guyanese.
“We saw too the President bringing an end to the haughty discrimination that had been meted out to sugar workers since 2015. The President, in his announcement, extended the grant to sugar workers as well. Indeed, it can be seen as a tangible demonstration of the Government’s stated intention to treat all equally. Certainly, the sugar workers can once again consider themselves children of the State, no longer left in the cold or forced to accept scraps from the tables as they were treated by the deposed elites. We were heartened to learn of the President’s commitment to further support to the industry as well. This is welcomed news and reiterates the Government’s seriousness to revitalize the important industry”, the union said.
