{"id":19784,"date":"2024-05-20T16:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19784"},"modified":"2024-05-20T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T16:35:19","slug":"breach-in-conciliation-process-between-gtu-and-ministry-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/breach-in-conciliation-process-between-gtu-and-ministry-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach in Conciliation Process between GTU and Ministry of Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Following a day and a half of discussions between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education, Minister Priya Manickchand has revealed that the GTU breached the confidentiality clause of the conciliation process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the discussions, a list containing five terms of resumption areas was deliberated upon, with both parties agreeing on three of the five. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, discussions were adjourned for the following day to address the remaining two points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon resuming talks the next day, the GTU presented a new list of demands before the conciliation process could proceed further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new list included a call for an immediate payment of a 20 percent increase to teachers, among other demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand expressed disappointment at this development, stating that negotiations were at a point where an agreement seemed imminent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the GTU&#8217;s actions disrupted the progress made during the conciliation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this setback, Minister Manickchand announced that the next date set for the conciliation process is Monday, May 20th. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized that while the GTU&#8217;s actions could be grounds for termination of the process, the ministry remains open to discussing the terms of resumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Manickchand reiterated the importance of returning to the negotiating table in good faith to reach a resolution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized the need for both parties to engage in a reasonable manner, in line with typical industrial relations practices following a period of strike action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conciliation process, which commenced on May 13th at the request of the Ministry of Education, aims to address the grievances raised by the GTU and reach a mutually acceptable agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reported by Delicia Janneire for NCN News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a day and a half of discussions between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education, Minister Priya Manickchand has revealed that the GTU breached the confidentiality&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19784","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\/19784","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=19784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19786,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19784\/revisions\/19786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}