GuySuCo, GAWU agree on 4% wage hike

GAWU representatives signing the deal. (GAWU photo)

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday inked an agreement for a four per cent wage/salary hike for workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2013.

GAWU announced the agreement in a press release and said that the agreement followed five engagements at the bilateral level and two at the conciliatory level beginning on June 4th, 2013.  The agreement also caters for improvements in allowances and additional yearly issuance of Personal Protective Equipment to workers, the release added.

According to the release, the negotiating team, in approving the agreement, took into