THE weekly target at all three grinding estates (Albion/Port Mourant, Blairmont, and Uitvlugt) was exceeded during the week ending September 9, 2023, according to GuySuCo. The corporation can achieve its output goal for the second crop if the current favourable weather pattern continues for the remaining nine weeks of this cropping season.

According GuySuCo, as the crop enters its eighth week of production, it is clear that the individual teams on the estates have taken advantage of a number of tactics to increase worker participation. “This week, the industry was fortunate to have been able to commence the process of changing the tires on some 40 prime movers in the field (tractors), and they are continuing to pay keen attention to the harvesting standards to improve the efficiency around the punt weight.”

The sugar company noted that while there is still room for lots of improvement in the industry, it is a work in progress, and the work process is moving in the right direction. These operational interventions, coupled with good weather, played a major role in the production performance this past week.
The good news, GuySuCo noted continues to boost the morale of all employees as the workers secure, for a second successive week, the weekly performance incentive on top of their weekly wages, inclusive of their personal incentives.

The Chief Executive Officer, Sasenarine Singh, encouraged all the workers to redouble their efforts with clarity of mind to ensure the cane-cutting standards are improved. He also called on them to ignore the distractions and remain disciplined in the efforts of the industry by focusing first on the economic well-being of their family by pushing past these targets and taking home more money rather than spending it in the Magistrates Court to defend an illegal action outside of the Collective Labour Agreement with the Unions.

The CEO thanked the workers on the job for their consistent efforts, which are chipping away at the annual target, which, from all indications, is very achievable based on the weekly work plan over the next nine weeks.

The Executive Management congratulated the management and workers of the three grinding estates and urged all current and former sugar workers to turn out every week to utilise the special dry period to increase their earnings, recognising that the industry had above-average rainfalls for more than one year between November 2020 and January 2023. The Executive Management encouraged all to strive towards repeating the recent admirable performance so that their families could benefit from their increased earnings. The final walk-through visit at the Rose Hall Estate was recently conducted by the Board of Directors, Executives, Estate Management, and Engineers.