GPSU says budget will not address poverty, cost of living unless priorities reconsidered

In a lengthy critique of the government’s trillion-dollar 2024 budget, the GPSU says it will not address poverty or the cost of living unless priorities are reconsidered.

The Guyana Public Ser-vice Union (GPSU)  expressed its displeasure at the shortcomings of Guy-ana’s budgetary allocations over previous years, as well as the current one and feels it is time for all stakeholders to engage in collective non-partisan planning to ensure the well-being of all Guyanese.

In a release on Tuesday, the union posited that budgetary allocations in Guy-ana over the past years, have failed to improve the living standards, and working conditions of the working poor. According to the United Nations Development Programme, the poverty rate which is about 38.8 per cent, is among the highest in the Caribbean and Latin America.