The Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) will meet with the labour ministry today to finalize arrangements for an arbitrator to be appointed in the case of a Skeldon estate employee who was sacked after an altercation with the manager.
Both GuySuCo and GAWU had called for arbitration after failing to come to an agreement at conciliation talks.
The Labour Ministry under the auspices of the Chief Labour Officer (CLO), Charles Ogle had met with GuySuCo and GAWU at conciliation on multiple occasions, however GuySuCo rejected the CLO’s recommendation to have the Skeldon worker, Stephen Daniels, reinstated and paid for his time off the job.
Stabroek News understands that the discussions between the three parties yesterday agreed that a sole arbitrator be appointed today.
Head of GAWU, Komal Chand said that a number of issues were discussed but that GuySuCo and GAWU agreed to not say