The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union yesterday threw their support behind the cane harvesters who were transferred from the Rose Hall Estate as a result of its closure, and have been on strike since last Wednesday morning calling for severance before they return to the estate.
The workers on strike have been gathering at the Canje Turn each morning and marching in protest to the New Amsterdam Freedom House in a call to meet President Irfaan Ali or Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo as the collective request is to have severance be paid to them.
The workers were transferred from the Rose Hall Estate to the Albion and Blairmont estates following the closure of Rose Hall, however, recently management had a meeting where the possibility of bringing back the workers to the Rose Hall Estate was discussed. After receiving news of this, the workers went on strike stressing that they want to return to the Rose Hall Estate but believe they should be paid severance from the estates they are now attached too.