{"id":20613,"date":"2024-06-18T16:10:35","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20613"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:11:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:11:00","slug":"moe-gtu-resume-talks-at-ministry-of-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/moe-gtu-resume-talks-at-ministry-of-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"MOE &amp; GTU Resume Talks at Ministry of Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Saskia Warrick<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, discussions between the Guyana Teachers\u2019 Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) resumed at the Ministry of Labour, focusing on resolving a deadlock in negotiations over their multi-year agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Education convened the meeting in adherence to the guidelines outlined in the 1990 Memorandum of Agreement titled &#8220;The Avoidance and Settlement of Disputes&#8221; and Chapter 98:01 of Guyana&#8217;s Labour Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saddam Hussain, Chief Education Officer, emphasized the ministry&#8217;s commitment to following established protocols for resolving disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prior to the meeting, Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated the government&#8217;s position on negotiations, stating readiness to engage in discussions concerning a multi-year agreement beginning from the year 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mark Lyte, President of the Guyana Teachers\u2019 Union, noted that recent deliberations within the union&#8217;s General Council focused on either affirming existing positions or potentially adjusting stances to find common ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The talks aim to address significant concerns affecting teachers&#8217; working conditions and contractual terms, underscoring ongoing efforts to reach consensus between union representatives and government officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The outcome of these discussions holds implications for the future of education policies and teacher welfare in Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Today, discussions between the Guyana Teachers\u2019 Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) resumed at the Ministry of Labour, focusing on resolving a deadlock in negotiations&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20613","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\/20613","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=20613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20615,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20613\/revisions\/20615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}