The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is threatening industrial action over the Donald Ramotar admi-nistration’s failure to keep its commitments to engage in negotiations of wages, salaries and allowances for public servants.
GPSU President Patrick Yarde, during a press conference yesterday at the union’s headquarters, accused the administration of irresponsibly handling its collective bargaining obligation, while revealing it had been about three months since the last correspondence from the Public Service Ministry on the subject.
He said since May, 2013, the GPSU submitted proposals to the Public Service Ministry for wages and salaries and the allowances for the period 2013 to 2015. Neverthe-less, he said commitments given by public officials as well as public statements made by President Ramotar and the Minister of Public