OPINION: Pay proposals for teachers incremental and insulting
by GHK Lall The strike of public school teachers has torn another gaping hole in the fabric of Guyana. The ...
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Teachers’ Union buckles to government’s multi-year pay hike timeframe
After a more than 70-day long teachers' strike for pay talks to first consider 2019-2023, the Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) ...
Teachers agree to call off strike empty-handed to allow for conciliation
GTU President Dr Mark Lyte and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Shannielle Hoosein-Outar and their delegations leaving the ...
Govt appeals High Court ruling in favour of teachers’ union
The Guyana government on Wednesday asked the Court of Appeal to throw out High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon's entire decision ...
Teachers Union wants interim pay increase, education ministry rules out talks under duress
A group of teachers protesting outside the Ministry of Labour on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 while their union representatives were ...
Education ministry asks labour ministry to mediate in teachers’ strike
The Ministry of Education on Sunday declared a deadlock in salary talks with the Guyana Teachers' Union (GTU) and officially ...
Teachers’ strike aimed at forcing gov’t to arbitration – GTU President
President of the Guyana Teachers Union, Dr Mark Lyte. The teachers' strike that resumed on Thursday is seeking to force ...
High Court judge in GTU case was “presumptuous” – Jagdeo
Justice Sandil Kissoon Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday said High Court Judge, Sandil Kissoon was "presumptuous" to say in ...
Opposition Leader frowns on gov’t’s impending appeal of High Court ruling on teachers’ strike
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton on Saturday disagreed with the Guyana government's intention to appeal a High Court decision that deemed ...
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