{"id":17694,"date":"2024-04-02T19:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17694"},"modified":"2024-04-02T19:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T19:37:12","slug":"gtu-ministry-of-education-talks-deadlocked-as-union-walks-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gtu-ministry-of-education-talks-deadlocked-as-union-walks-out\/","title":{"rendered":"GTU-Ministry of Education Talks Deadlocked as Union Walks Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest round of discussions between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education has ended without resolution, as the GTU representatives walked out of the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement from the Education Ministry, Permanent Secretary Shannielle Hoosein-Outar, who chaired the meeting, emphasized the financial constraints regarding retroactive payments for the period of 2019-2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry explained that the 2024 budget does not accommodate these expenses and encouraged the GTU to propose a multiyear agreement beginning in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the GTU insisted on focusing solely on salary matters for the years 2019 to 2023, rejecting discussions on the other 25 identified topics for negotiation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This disagreement resulted in a stalemate, prompting the GTU representatives to leave the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry underscored that teachers had already received salary increases, adjustments based on qualifications, and corrections of salary errors during the specified period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, various initiatives had been implemented nationwide to enhance teachers&#8217; welfare and income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the deadlock, the Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to continued dialogue with the GTU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They highlighted the positive outcomes of previous discussions, emphasizing the benefits for teachers, students, and the education system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that this meeting was part of the ongoing collective bargaining process, which had been interrupted by a strike action in February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discussions resumed last week following a mediation agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives at the meeting included Permanent Secretary Shannielle Hoosein-Outar and Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain from the Ministry of Education, alongside GTU President Mark Lyte and General Secretary Coretta McDonald from the GTU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan The latest round of discussions between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education has ended without resolution, as the GTU representatives walked out of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17696,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17694\/revisions\/17696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}