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Tag Archives: Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)

Updated: President announces increases in salaries, allowances for public servants

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) and the government signed a two-year wages and salaries agreement that would see them benefitting from a 10 percent pay hike for 2024 and eight percent next year. “This 10 percent increase in salary, which is retroactive to 1st of January 2024, would amount to 35 percent ...

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BREAKING: GPSU, gov’t to ink agreement for increased wages, salaries

Public servants are expected to get an increase in wages and salaries as part of a two-year agreement between government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), a well-placed source said Monday. While the government s0urce declined to say whether the accord is expected to provide for a double digit pay hike, a GPSU official said union negotiators were at ...

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Former prominent GPSU Vice President Dr Anwar Hussain dies

Former firebrand trade unionist with the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), medical doctor Anwar Hussein has died, his employer, the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) said on Monday. The NIS described Dr Hussain, its Medical Advisor, as someone who was “an invaluable part of our organization, whose dedication and commitment left a lasting impact on all who worked with him.” He ...

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Trade unionists challenge representation on Constitutional Reform Commission

Two trade unionists from affiliates of the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) are asking the High Court to stop the Constitutional Reform Commission (CRC) from carrying out its functions because the labour movement was not consulted about who should be the workers’ representative. Filed through their lawyer, Roysdale Forde, 2nd Vice President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Julian Cambridge ...

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