{"id":18589,"date":"2024-04-15T22:29:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18589"},"modified":"2024-04-15T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:30:09","slug":"final-submissions-made-in-gtu-moe-case-judgment-expected-on-april-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/final-submissions-made-in-gtu-moe-case-judgment-expected-on-april-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Submissions Made in GTU-MOE Case, Judgment Expected on April 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) reached its final stages as both parties presented their oral arguments before Justice Sandil Kissoon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Anil Nandlall, representing the government, highlighted the alleged deficiencies in the GTU&#8217;s pleadings, arguing that they lacked certain essential elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He contended that there is no clear relief sought for striking workers or mention of collective bargaining in the pleadings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, Nandlall asserted that there is no constitutional right to strike in Guyana, only a freedom to strike, and expecting payment for work not done violates the concept of wages defined in the Labour Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to questions about union dues, the AG argued that it falls under executive policy and cannot be reviewed by the court, emphasizing the voluntary nature of the government&#8217;s decision to extend this facility to the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side, Attorneys Roysdale Ford and Darren Wade, representing the GTU, expressed the significance of the case regardless of the outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ford emphasized that a ruling in their favor would mark a fundamental change in the industrial relations paradigm in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case stemmed from the ministry&#8217;s decision not to pay teachers on strike, prompting the GTU to challenge this decision in court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talks between the union and the ministry were ongoing when the strike action commenced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Kissoon is set to deliver his judgment on April 19, following cross-examinations and submissions made during mediation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan The case between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) reached its final stages as both parties presented their oral arguments before Justice&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589","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=18589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18591,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18589\/revisions\/18591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}