Sugar workers attached to the Uitvlugt factory yesterday protested over their hours of work – in light of the COVID-19 curfew – and certain outstanding payments owed to them.
After the protest agreement was reached on the outstanding payments.
A press release yesterday from main sugar union, GAWU stated that at the moment, the factory workers are engaged in out-of-crop maintenance work as the first crop ended a few weeks ago.
It explained that at the commencement of the out-of-crop period, the workers and GAWU reached an agreement with the Management wherein the working hours would be confined to outside of the national curfew hours.
