GAWU says it is dismayed at this delay in the proceedings and will convene another General Council on November 07, 2015 to discuss GuySuCo’s stance.

Why till November 7th? Call the meeting this coming week and put Guysuco out of couple millions more, let them sweat a little

The writing is on the wall....GAWU strike action was a failure....it put the Sugar workers further down the pit.

GAWU don't show any indication of adequate funding, to maintain a strike for a long time.

If they decide to use strike as a bargaining tool, they better have  the resources to pay the workers groceries and other bills.

A lengthy strike will be tough call.  

Hanoman tell

GAWU, PPP & Komal Chand ......

"Cock-up & Scratch...now"

Little progress in GuySuCo-GAWU wages talks

Wages talks between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and its main union, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) yesterday made no progress and raised fresh fears of more strikes.

GAWU’s President, Komal Chand

According to GAWU, the Corporation, represented by its senior managerial team headed by Chief Executive Officer (Ag), Errol Hanoman, and other officials including Managers from the estates, met union officials at the Ogle Staff Club, East Coast Demerara. Negotiations did not go well, GAWU said.  ”The Corporation’s CEO presented a long dissertation about the recent three-day strike, which he opined should have been avoided to allow the crop’s canes to be fully harvested.” Hanoman, GAWU said, informed the union delegation that he was not in a position to commence the wages negotiations at the time. GAWU said that its approximately 40-person delegation, through the President, Komal Chand, and other union officials, pressed for the negotiations to commence in earnest to assure sugar workers across the industry that their interests are being considered. There were no clear answers. “The CEO having been pressed to provide an answer said that he could not advise on a date. He informed the Union’s delegation that the negotiations would begin after GuySuCo has obtained a framework in which the negotiations would take place. It is implied from the answer that the CEO is awaiting the framework from the Government possibly via the Corporation’s Board.” GAWU said it is dismayed at the delay in the proceedings and will be convening another General Council today to discuss GuySuCo’s stance. “However, we are looking forward, in keeping with good industrial practices and relationships, that GuySuCo will summon a meeting before the General Council meets.”
Workers struck last weekend, prompting Government to express the belief that there was politics involved.
After a few years of downhill slide, the industry is showing signs of recovery.
Sugar has been operating at massive loss, forcing consecutive Governments to shell out billions in cash help to GuySuCo.

GuySuCo’s CEO, Errol Hanoman

Now GAWU and Guysuco got to level with each other.  I think GAWU was very responsible to open with a 9 percent increase.

Guysuco now has to counter offer.  But the CEO said he is not authorised by the Board.

Now we already lost $222 million from 3 days of strike.

If GAWU goes for 3 days for the next 4 weeks, we will lose $888 million which is more than enough to pay them 5% increase.

NOW pick sense from nonsense.  WHAT would you do.  Play the fool with the Unions or strike a deal, even 3% increase and beg for mercy for the industry?

The government will lose if it continues to play hardball with GAWU. This is atrocious: "Hanoman, GAWU said, informed the union delegation that he was not in a position to commence the wages negotiations at the time. GAWU said that its approximately 40-person delegation, through the President, Komal Chand, and other union officials, pressed for the negotiations to commence in earnest to assure sugar workers across the industry that their interests are being considered. There were no clear answers."

Georgie is right. Hanoman and GuySuCo should cease dilly-dallying.

Fool, who is gonna sweat? The horse is already on three legs. Break the other and it goes down. Whose head you think it will fall on? That is 16K canecutters on the breadline and the political reality is the  APNU would not lose one vote in the process. This playing politics where one is already on the losing side. The need here is to be working in unison to salvage a dying industry.

GAWU..will fail if they think striking will pressure Guysuco,

this is not the 80's.

Don't underestimate GAWU. It is steeped in a strike culture. When GAWU calls strikes, its members respond overwhelmingly. Rhyme or reason doesn't play a part in the process.

IMO, unless the government plans to introduce anti-strike legislation for the sugar industry, or has some other master plan, it had better meet GAWU half way. GAWU knows full well that its constant strikes result in loss of sugar output and sales revenue, and will hinder plans to turn around the industry to a profitable state. Evidently, it is not bothered; it wants the government to pump more $$billions. This is why the government has to act decisively and urgently one way or another.

Too many excuses from this government to keep the sugar workers without food to feed their family. The sugar estate will become a fish pond because the Afros dont understand cane cutting and selling sugar. Granger get the oil and gas redimade, so they depend on that to take them out of trouble. They don't give a shit if coolies starve or dead. They have control of the Treasury, and they will make sure coolie stay at the bottom of the food chain. This government police is buggering more male detainees that ever before. They are spreading disease thoughout the prison system. This is the African uncivilized behavior still embedded in these people. Theyre incompetent and will run our beautiful Guyana into a run down w\hore house. It this what these so called in intelligent pricks are so proud about?

must be miserable going through life contemplating and comparing your shriveled, undersized penis [stormborn nailed it] with normal people, eh cobra?

5/11 biting . . . want some rope fuh borrow?

lol

My undersize penis contributed to four children and hoping for more with my third wife. Someone should fork you out for derailing this thread. Idiot. Since when this is a personal matter?

such a clueless, ignorant scont . . . look how you bringing yuh wife and children into conversation, then complain bitterly when people take it from there

jackass!

Payback is a bitch and all of those laughing at bauxite workers now know what it feels like.

This is why APNU should abandon any industry with PPP supporters.  Typical bigotry that we can expect from them.  Let them abandon rice and sugar as PPP supporters abandoned bauxite.

Now we see why every night you scream for over sized PNC penises.

Bai, why don't you stick to addressing the issue of robbing the Sugar workers like the old days rather than indulging in "penis" talk!