Strike action by factory workers at the Uitvlugt estate yesterday forced the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to implement an emergency plan to save approximately $32 million in sugarcane.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sasenarine Singh yesterday told Stabroek News that having recognised the consequences the strike action would have on production, they moved to call out experts from the Rose Hall and Blairmont Estates as well as senior managers to engage in sugar grinding work.
This move, he explained, allowed the estate which started early grinding for the second crop to save sugarcane that was ready to be crushed.