{"id":17775,"date":"2024-04-03T01:28:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=17775"},"modified":"2024-04-03T01:28:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T01:28:41","slug":"guyanas-vice-president-budget-cant-accommodate-gtu-salary-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyanas-vice-president-budget-cant-accommodate-gtu-salary-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana&#8217;s Vice President: Budget Can&#8217;t Accommodate GTU Salary Demands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Josiah Williams<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent press conference at the Office of the President, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo stated that Guyana&#8217;s current fiscal framework cannot support the retroactive salary demands made by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) at this time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, the government remains committed to supporting and uplifting teachers in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo emphasized the importance of prudent financial management to avoid potential economic challenges in the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He expressed concern that meeting the GTU&#8217;s demands could have significant repercussions for the country&#8217;s finances down the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GTU has requested a multi-year salary increase agreement retroactive to 2019, among other demands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Dr. Jagdeo pointed out that accommodating these requests would strain the budget and impact other sectors as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regarding the ongoing dispute, Dr. Jagdeo mentioned that the matter is currently in court, with both parties awaiting the court&#8217;s ruling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, mediation was ordered by the court, but the process ended abruptly after a few days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Jagdeo reiterated the government&#8217;s desire to see teachers return to classrooms and children receive education while also ensuring the fiscal stability of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome of the court&#8217;s ruling will likely have significant implications for both the government and the GTU as they seek to resolve the ongoing dispute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Josiah Williams In a recent press conference at the Office of the President, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo stated that Guyana&#8217;s current fiscal framework cannot support the retroactive salary&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17775","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\/17775","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=17775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17776,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17775\/revisions\/17776"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}