GAWU, GuySuCo at loggerheads over pay increases

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Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder, is of the view that current strike action organized by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is politically motivated since the sugar industry is now performing under a newly installed Interim Management Committee (IMC). According to Minister Holder, “One of the problems with the sugar industry is that it has been used as a political football, and you have seen the result of that is the reduction in productivity over the years, and the putting of square pegs in round holes by the former Government.”(Kaieteurnieuws.com/photo:Kaieteurnieuws.com)…[+]