More than two weeks after the report on the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Public Service was submitted to President David Granger, the government is still to begin wage negotiations with workers’ unions.
Senior Vice-President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Mortimer Livan told Stabroek News that while the union is ready to begin negotiations, it has not received an invitation from the government despite having written to Permanent Secretary of the Department of Public Service, Reginald Brotherson, requesting one.
When questioned further, Livan noted that this request had been made before the completion of the