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The arbitration tribunal established to deal with the wages dispute between the Guyana Sugar Corporation and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union met on Friday for the first time.Kaieteur News was told that members of the tribunal have agreed that a preliminary dialogue should be held between GuySuCo and GAWU.The three-man team,Ibrahim Afellay Jersey, led by Gobind Ganga,Neymar JR Barcelona Jersey, was established on August 29 to deal with the wages dispute.However,Custom Barcelona Jersey, Ganga was yesterday replaced by Attorney at Law,Sergi Samper Barcelona Jersey, Cecil Seepersaud.Major General (ret’d) Norman McLean and Yoganand Mahadeo are the other members of the panel.The dispute between the two bodies has been taken to arbitration,Eduardo Vargas Chile Jersey, after efforts in the conciliation process proved futile. Both sides will be bound by the decision of the arbitration panel.Minister of Labour,Sergi Samper Jersey, Manzoor Nadir told the media that after the deadlock was declared on the negotiations,Marc Bartra Barcelona Jersey, he imposed compulsory arbitration.Soured wage negotiations between the company and the GAWU resulted in workers taking a standoff last week.GuySuCo was contractually obligated to supply its main European customer with 55,Claudio Bravo Chile Jersey,000 tonnes of sugar by Friday last. Presently, the corporation has only been able to ship 16,Gary Medel Chile Jersey,400 tonnes.Failure to meet this obligation would see the corporation losing US$70 for every tonne of sugar not supplied by that date to that particular market.The tribunal will continue Wednesday when the disputing parties will meet, along with the panel. |
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