GAWU, GuySuCo to re-enter arbitration over Skeldon worker’s dismissal

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang has sent the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) back to arbitration after yesterday discharging the interim injunctions granted earlier this year to prevent the company from treating Skeldon estate worker Daniel Stephen as if he were summarily dismissed.

Stephen and GAWU had moved to the High Court in January after arbitrator Mohamed Akeel concluded that Stephen was dismissed.

GAWU had signalled its opposition to this finding. Stephen made an application in his own name, while the plaintiffs for