Sugar workers protest over credit union savings

(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Cooperative Credit Union Society Ltd, together with members from four sugar estates, staged a peaceful picketing exercise on Monday demanding that the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) immediately remit workers’ savings deducted from their wages but still outstanding.

In a statement, the Credit Union said GuySuCo had been deducting savings from sugar workers’ weekly wages since March this year but had failed to transfer the funds to the institution.

The Credit Union stressed that the money belongs to the workers, who sacrifice a portion of their earnings each week to build savings for their families’ future.