Guyanese Sugar Workers Strike
October 26th, 2006 | by Voice of Guyana | published in News & Sports
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press Writer
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Thousands of workers on Guyana’s sugar cane estates were on strike for a second day on Wednesday to press the state-owned industry for pay increases, a union leader said.
Roughly 14,000 sugar workers belonging to Guyana’s most powerful labor union have vacated cane fields and factories to demand [...]