Tag Archives: Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU)

Former Finance Minister Winston Jordan on Friday recommended that government cut various types of “waste” and eventually introduce employee appraisal in order to pay teachers and other government workers increased salaries. Mr Jordan said if waste, due to shoddy public infrastructure projects, corruption, political projects for votes, improper maintenance, waste of public monies and absence of feasibility studies, was reduced ...

Lyte is “in consort with government” – McDonald “I didn’t see us getting anything more” – Lyte Deep cracks emerged in the executive of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Wednesday over that bargaining agent’s signing of a multi-year salary and non-salary agreement with the Ministry of Education. While the agreement was signed on behalf of the GTU by its ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education on Wednesday inked a three-year salary increase agreement that also includes several non-salary benefits, Union President Dr Mark Lyte said. Those increases are 10% for 2024, 8% for 2025 and 9% for 2026. “The percentages are the same that the General Council accepted,” he told Demerara Waves Online News. The ...

President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), Dr Mark Lyte on Saturday appealed to teachers to consider the entire package of both salary increases and allowances, saying that movements along the salary scale plus the percentage increases would benefit the educators. “I would like to say to our members: let’s stand solidly together. We must look at the whole package ...

Hours before President of the Guyana Teachers’ Uni0n, Dr Mark Lyte is due to give a breakdown of government’s offer to teachers after four rounds of talks, the main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) on Friday said it supports the union and all teachers in rejecting government’s “insulting” proposal. Dr Lyte is scheduled to provide the breakdown on Saturday ...

After ditching government’s offer to increase teachers’ salaries by 10% in 2024, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) said educators are now demanding nothing less than 29.6% for this year, General Secretary Coretta McDonald said Thursday. “We’ve met with five clusters so far and those teachers have refused that as well and they are saying that they are not prepared for ...

The planned signing of an agreement for increased teachers’ salaries on Monday hangs in the balance because the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) would have the final say earlier in the day, an official indicated on Sunday. “Let’s see where it goes by tomorrow (Monday),” GTU President Dr Mark Lyte told Demerara Waves Online News. He said the GTU’s General Council ...

by GHK Lall The strike of public school teachers has torn another gaping hole in the fabric of Guyana. The ancient tug-of-war between politics and clean purposes, race and fairness, has been given yet another lease on life. A distressing local existence is what Guyanese have always known. Teachers have endured a torrid time, and their traumas continue without letup. ...

After a more than 70-day long teachers’ strike for pay talks to first consider 2019-2023, the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) caved in on government’s long-held position that the multi-year agreement begin from 2024, according to statements from both sides. The GTU said in a statement that it presented a new proposal from 2024 to 2026. “This was based on consultations ...

The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Friday agreed to call off the strike in talks with the Ministry of Education to allow the two sides to hold conciliation talks in the presence of the Chief Labour Officer on the period that should be the subject to pay talks. GTU President Dr Mark Lyte said the teachers are due to return ...