Arbitration talks over the controversial sacking of a Skeldon estate employee are ongoing as various issues still need to be clarified, the arbitrator Mohamed Akeel stated yesterday.
GuySuCo and the main sugar union GAWU had clashed over whether the arbitration into the dismissal of Stephen Daniels was over. GAWU had argued that Akeel had not been able to make an award and therefore the process was over and Daniels was to resume work. GuySuCo on the other hand had maintained that the arbitration was not over and Daniels would remain suspended without pay.
Akeel, a former Chief Labour Officer was named the arbitrator to review the case of a