The Ministry of Labour (MoL) has expressed consternation at the protest action initiated by field workers attached to the Blairmont and Albion sugar estates who are demanding severance pay from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and has urged them to resume duties.
In a release yesterday, the MoL said that the recognized union for the workers, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) and GuySuCo have had several discussions on the matter at bilateral level. The talks concluded that the workers were not entitled to severance pay and therefore, no industrial dispute exists, the ministry said.