THE Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has reported that the Uitvlugt Estate commenced bagging operations on Thursday and has already accumulated close to 2,000 bags of sugar.
According to a release, the estate is progressing swiftly to maintain its bagging operations throughout the weekend and the following weeks.

“The estate’s management continues to work diligently to ensure grinding operations remain steady and encourage all workers to strive towards achieving set weekly sugar production targets. The executive management wishes to congratulate the Uitvlugt Team on their progress and express gratitude for the continued efforts towards the estate’s success despite the challenges, the release said.

In a separate release, GuySuCo noted that, in accordance with the extant Grievance Procedure between the Corporation and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU), a meeting was requested with the union to address the issue pertaining to workers’ Holiday with Pay (HWP) for the First Crop 2022, at the Uitvlugt Estate.

The release noted that, after a discussion held on July 12, 2022, at the Uitvlugt Estate between the Corporation’s Central/Local Management and the union’s representatives attached to the Estate (Uitvlugt), the union agreed to a request from the Corporation to meet on the matter.

The meeting was set for Friday, July 15, 2022 at the Uitvlugt Estate’s Staff Club at 09:00h; however, at approximately 07:34hrs, the union contacted the Corporation requesting that the meeting be postponed because of the unavailability of one of its key personnel.

“GuySuCo remains fully committed to have this issue resolved and now awaits the union to provide a new date for the meeting,” the release said.