{"id":20740,"date":"2024-06-19T18:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20740"},"modified":"2024-06-19T18:06:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T18:06:54","slug":"guyana-teachers-union-and-education-ministry-make-strides-in-negotiations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-teachers-union-and-education-ministry-make-strides-in-negotiations\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Teachers Union and Education Ministry Make Strides in Negotiations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced significant progress in recent negotiations between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) during a press conference held yesterday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussions, facilitated by the Labour Ministry earlier in the week, have shown promising developments towards resolving ongoing disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports from the union President, preliminary meetings ahead of the formal negotiations have set a constructive tone, potentially leading to compromises on several key issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Jagdeo confirmed advancements in the talks, which come after more than 60 days of strike action affecting the education sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Dr. Jagdeo reiterated the government\u2019s stance on challenging a High Court ruling regarding the deduction of teachers\u2019 salaries during the strike period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He cited constitutional limitations, suggesting that while public servants have the right to strike, they are not entitled to full benefits during these periods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bid to maintain dialogue and transparency, both parties have agreed to regular monthly meetings for collective bargaining moving forward, aiming to sustain momentum and address outstanding concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing efforts signify a commitment from both the GTU and MOE to find equitable resolutions that support the interests of educators while ensuring the continuity of quality education across Guyana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo announced significant progress in recent negotiations between the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MOE) during a press conference&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20740","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\/20740","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=20740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20742,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20740\/revisions\/20742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}