Scores of workers attached to the Rose Hall Estate, with the support of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), yesterday at 7 am held a protest in front of the estate in Rose Hall, Canje.
The protest was held so that the workers could sound their disapproval and annoyance at the government’s plan to close the estate, which the workers depend on for their “daily bread.”
The large number of workers present expressed how worried they are about their uncertain future. One worker Glendon, a harvester, who has been attached to the estate for over seventeen years stated that he is not sure what he will do, if or when, the estate is closed. He mentioned workers who have mortgages, families to provide for, and school-aged children, while questioning what will happen to those workers. “We got to look at people who get loan. How dem go pay the loan? How dem go take care of them kids?” he asked.