….once revised target metThe country’s sugar target for 2011 has been revised downwards from 300,000 tonnes to 282,712 tonnes, according to the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU).In a release yesterday, the union also disclosed that its sugar workers are set to receive no less than nine days of bonus pay under the annual production incentive (API).Negotiated every year, API allows for sugar workers to receive the bonus based on production.Both GAWU and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) yesterday reached an agreement on the formula applicable to award the API for this year, the union disclosed in a release.Workers have to meet a revised target of 282,Cheap China Jerseys,712 tonnes of sugar to receive a nine days bonus pay.“For the production equivalent to 31,200 tonnes sugar,Wholesale China Jerseys, a day’s pay will be awarded as API to qualified workers. Thus, the Corporation’s revised target of 282,Wholesale Jerseys,712 tonnes enables workers to receive not less than 9.06 days’ pay. The year’s production which stands at 146,Air Max 90 Black And White,712 tonnes sugar as at today (September 05, 2011) already entitles workers to 4.7 days’ pay.”The union also noted that the Corporation, unlike in recent years,Cheap NFL Jerseys, “exercised wisdom” to settle the wage adjustment and API award, months prior to the conclusion of the second crop in the year.“In recent years, there was much controversy and confrontation between the parties on the resolution of these issues, not forgetting last year…the Corporation’s threat to hijack the Recognition Agreement subsisting since 1976 between the union and the corporation.”The union said that with the recent increase and now the API,Nike Air Max 95 Womens Sale, the industry’s workforce are now much energized and are diligently pursuing the reaping of canes across the industry.On Thursday, the union and the corporation are to sign the API agreement.