| The communication department of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is being wound up.According to a source within the company, this move is part of the management restructuring in an effort to cut cost.The source pointed out that the communication department is large and has reportedly been very ineffective for some time now.According to the source, there are a number of irrelevant and redundant departments that will also be dissolved.However, the source noted that the persons within the communication department will not be sent packing. Instead, they will be redirected to other departments where their skills will be more pertinent.Meanwhile, Kaieteur News has learnt that the move to relocate the GuySuCo head office from Ogle to Albion has caused some problems for employees.Some of these persons have since resigned, this newspaper was told, since they will have to live and travel some distance away from homes.Speaking with Kaieteur News last evening on the issue, Minister of Agriculture, Robert Persaud,Cheap NFL Jerseys Online, said that the comfort of a few persons will not delay the measures being implemented to improve the corporation’s ability to save money.He noted that the current restructuring will see many changes,cheap nfl jerseys discount, and in the best interest of the company,Cheap NFL Jerseys Supply, these modifications will not please everyone.On January 3 last,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Kaieteur News had reported that GuySuCo had taken a decision to relocate its head office from Ogle, East Coast Demerara to Albion, Berbice.Kaieteur News was told this move will reportedly save the company in excess of $100M per year.Last year was a very tough year for GuySuCo as the company ended the year with a deficit of more than $3B.Over the years,Nike Men Air Max 97, GuySuCo has consistently been reviewing its production targets, including last year’s,Cheap NFL Jerseys, and among the many excuses proffered were far reaching strikes, weather and loss of opportunity.GuySuCo has come in for heavy criticisms over the past year, with its problems being compounded when the arbitration tribunal set up to deal with the wages dispute between the corporation and its workers ruled that the company should pay $1.3B to its workers.This accounts for a six percent across the board payment along with a further 2.1 percent one-off payment as cost of living adjustment for 2008.However, given GuySuCo’s financial constraints, the company has been given until this month to pay the living adjustment to workers. |
