Following a decision taken by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), some 1,700 sugar workers are expected to receive retroactive payments from the corporation for the period between January 1 and July 2 this year.
The payout is expected to cost GuySuCo approximately $260 million.
According to a release issued by Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) on Thursday, GuySuCo had decided with effect from July 3, to