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Feb 08, 2016 Letters
Dear Editor,
It would appear that the more things change, the more it remains the same.
We are now asking President David Granger to get involved. We the workers of the Guyana Power and Lights Inc. (GPL) have been demonized by the public. But it is never taken into consideration the challenges we have been facing in delivering a service that is being compounded by decisions taken by upper management.
Last year, this state-owned company made the news in a rather distasteful way when the former CEO, Bharat Dindyal clashed with Colin Welch, who is now the acting head of GPL.
It is a public fact now that Mr. Dindyal was let go. We lost years of experience in a man who literally built up GPL to a point where Guyana is boasting of excess power.
But things are not well at GPL. Staffers are demotivated because of the attitude of management and some of the decisions taken by Mr. Welch. Take for example the case of a Berbice supervisor whose services was terminated in 2014 for stealing electricity.
An investigation team found that his Kildonan, Berbice home, had a meter that was tampered with; a GPL staffer stealing electricity. He was sent home.
Today, Mr. Editor, the gentleman is one along with several other questionable characters who have been rehired by Mr. Welch and his team. It is a slap in the face of hardworking GPL staffers who have been with the company for years and who are simply asking for a level playing field when it comes to us. There are many more things to talk about at GPL but it appears a few persons in GPL are being protected. We are asking President Granger and the new Board of Directors, led by Mr Robert Badal, to investigate this incident and hear from us our concerns.
Aggrieved GPL staffers
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