GuySuCo has rejected a recommendation from the Chief Labour Officer that a suspended Skeldon estate worker be reinstated with full pay and this has angered the main sugar union, GAWU.
Stephen Daniels had last month been dismissed by the management of Skeldon estate following an altercation with its manager. His dismissal sparked a strike by workers and other upheaval including the burning of cane. Following several days of talks it was agreed that the dismissal would be changed to suspension without pay pending conciliation talks. Those talks led to recommendations by the Chief Labour Officer Charles Ogle that Daniels be reinstated with pay but this has been rejected by GuySuCo.
GuySuCo’s Industrial Relations Officer, Deodat Sukhu told Stabroek News that the state- owned corporation wrote the Labour Ministry yesterday stating that