Cane cutters end strike.(GUYANA)

Thousands of cane cutters ended a weeklong strike after government ordered binding arbitration in a bid to reopen the state-run sugar industry and avoid interrupting exports to Europe, reports AP (Aug. 31, 2008). Most of the 15,000 striking workers returned to their jobs after an arbitrator began to review the case, said Komal Chand, head of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union. The strike, the second massive walkout since mid-August, forced …