{"id":19850,"date":"2024-05-27T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19850"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:34:23","slug":"gtus-demands-highlight-lack-of-interest-in-teachers-wellbeing-ag-nandlall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gtus-demands-highlight-lack-of-interest-in-teachers-wellbeing-ag-nandlall\/","title":{"rendered":"GTU&#8217;s Demands Highlight Lack of Interest in Teachers&#8217; Wellbeing &#8211; AG Nandlall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General Anil Nandlall has expressed concern that the recent demands put forward by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) do not prioritize the wellbeing of teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a recent statement, Nandlall highlighted the GTU&#8217;s proposal for an immediate 20% increase in salaries before further negotiations can proceed, alongside the recusal of the Labour Minister from the negotiation process and other demands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Nandlall, these demands reflect a lack of genuine interest in resolving teachers&#8217; concerns through conciliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GTU&#8217;s ultimatum for negotiations to commence within 72 hours, with the threat of strike actions until a substantial agreement is reached, has resulted in an impasse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall believes that this situation indicates that the Union may have motives beyond the wellbeing of educators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall also raised concerns about the affordability and sustainability of the requested salary increases, particularly noting the absence of provisions for retroactive salaries for teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the GTU&#8217;s demands, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has deemed them unacceptable and unreasonable. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She views the demands as potentially derailing the negotiation process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, Manickchand emphasized that her ministry remains open to discussions at the next conciliation meeting scheduled for Monday, May 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As negotiations between the GTU and the government continue, concerns persist regarding the resolution of teachers&#8217; grievances and the overall wellbeing of educators in Guyana. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Attorney General Anil Nandlall has expressed concern that the recent demands put forward by the Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union (GTU) do not prioritize the wellbeing of teachers. In&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19850","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\/19850","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=19850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19852,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19850\/revisions\/19852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}