In a major development in the teachers’ strike which has dragged on for 18 school days, Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday ordered that mediation begin today with two senior counsel and both the GTU and the government will attend though the latter last night said that judicial intervention was unnecessary given established industrial relations practices.
Justice Kissoon urged both the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to put their “best foot forward” in the process.
In his order yesterday afternoon Justice Kissoon appointed Senior Counsel Edward Luckhoo and Senior Counsel Robin Stoby to be mediators for today’s process which is to be held in the courtroom.