Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) yesterday met the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU) to assure that workers’ rights would be respected during the transition of the Enmore Packaging Plant into the oil and gas support services sector, but only limited information was provided on the deal struck between government and developer GKB.
The meeting was scheduled yesterday to discuss the welfare concerns of workers. The meeting was prompted by the recent announcement of GKB, a joint venture between local machining company Guy-sons and its United States partner, equipment manufacturer K&B Industries, to transform the packaging plant into a fabrication facility for the oil and gas industry. As part of the deal, the company will take possession of 55 acres of East Demerara Estate lands.