GPSU, gov’t pay hike talks opening ‘a transformational moment’ – Yarde

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Talks underway: The respective delegations from the Guyana Public Service Union and the Government of Guyana face each other on Wednesday at the start of what could be the country’s most important industrial relations encounter since the Armstrong Arbitration Commission.
Talks underway: The respective delegations from the Guyana Public Service Union and the Government of Guyana face each other on Wednesday at the start of what could be the country’s most important industrial relations encounter since the Armstrong Arbitration Commission.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is treating the current public service wages and salaries negotiations with the Government of Guyana as “the start of a process aimed at bettering the lot of public servants in a manner that goes way beyond the monetary benefits which we expect will derive from the process,” its President Patrick Yarde has said.

Speaking with Stabroek Business just after the conclusion of the first day of negotiations on Wednesday, Yarde said the start of the negotiations marked the beginning of “a corrective process aimed at restoring employer/employee relations in the public sector to its proper place. Wages and salaries may be at the top of the agenda but the agenda is much bigger.”