Last Updated on Saturday, 2 March 2024, 20:37 by Denis Chabrol Members of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union on Saturday elected a new Committee of Management. After a long-running High Court battle between two factions, the meeting was held to elect new office-bearers. In keeping with a High Court order, nine persons were barred from contesting Saturday’s elections. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 March 2024, 17:40 by Denis Chabrol By Samuel J. Goolsarran In the field of industrial and labour relations, effective means of settlement of labour disputes have evolved through third party interventions, namely conciliation/mediation, adjudication by way of arbitration, and labour courts or other judicial means of settlement. Since conflicting demands in industrial relations often result ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 March 2024, 14:46 by Denis Chabrol A New and United Guyana (ANUG) on Saturday lashed out at Leader of The New Movement (TNM), Dr Asha Kissoon for refusing to give up her parliamentary seat to allow for rotational representation by the three parties that garnered joinder votes garnered in the 2020 general and regional elections. ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 March 2024, 12:38 by Denis Chabrol Despite strenuous objections Saturday morning over the legality of a Special General Members meeting of the Guyana Public Service Cooperative Credit Union (GPSCCU),  the meeting proceeded to lay the groundwork for the election of a new committee of management. Ms Karen Van Sluytman-Corbin, who the Hifh Court has blocked ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 March 2024, 17:41 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s President, Irfaan Ali on Friday told Latin American and Caribbean leaders that his country is bound by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the decades-old border controversy with Venezuela. He told the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in St ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 March 2024, 17:02 by Denis Chabrol The High Court-mandated mediation between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Guyana government ended its first day on Friday, with a commitment for the process to continue next Monday. Lawyer for the government side, Dharshan Ramdhani did not speak with the media after the afternoon session ended at 4:03 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 March 2024, 14:06 by Denis Chabrol Lawyers for the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education Friday afternoon emerged from more than two hours of High Court-appointed mediation saying they were hopeful about an end to the now 26-day old strike. The two sides are due to resume mediation at 2 PM Friday. ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 March 2024, 12:26 by Denis Chabrol Brazil’s President Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ Da Silva has highlighted that unionised workers in his country are earning increased wages and salaries as a result of collective bargaining. “Eighty percent of the organised working class have managed to get collective bargaining agreements that are above inflation,” he said in remarks ...