{"id":18904,"date":"2024-04-20T00:30:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=18904"},"modified":"2024-04-20T00:30:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:30:20","slug":"government-to-appeal-justice-kissons-ruling-in-gtu-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/government-to-appeal-justice-kissons-ruling-in-gtu-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Government to Appeal Justice Kisson&#8217;s Ruling in GTU Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Nakasia Logan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government has announced its decision to appeal the ruling of Justice Sandil Kisson, who favored the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) in a recent legal dispute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall, expressed the government&#8217;s intention to challenge the ruling, citing significant legal errors made by the judge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall emphasized the unique nature of the case and the necessity for a thorough review due to multiple perspectives and bases for appeal identified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to Justice Kisson&#8217;s ruling, which followed extensive court proceedings including mediation and submissions, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde, representing the Teachers Union, hailed it as a landmark decision affirming workers&#8217; rights under the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>President of the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union expressed anticipation for the outcome of the appeal process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The legal dispute arose when the GTU took the Ministry of Education to court over the government&#8217;s threat to withhold pay from striking teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While acknowledging teachers&#8217; freedom to strike, the Attorney General maintained that they do not possess an inherent right to strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision to appeal underscores the government&#8217;s commitment to addressing legal concerns and upholding its stance on labor disputes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan The government has announced its decision to appeal the ruling of Justice Sandil Kisson, who favored the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) in a recent legal dispute. Attorney&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18904","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\/18904","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=18904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18906,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18904\/revisions\/18906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}