Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) President Mark Lyte said that the union will await responses from the Ministry of Education before taking next steps in the wake of the court ruling that the teachers’ strike in February, was legal.
Speaking on Facebook live yesterday, he said, “So these letters will be written concerning the arbitration and we will speak to the lawyers about the mitigation aspect of it because that will take another hearing. And also the court has ruled that the Ministry of Labour did not carry out its mandate… They neglected their duty to represent the people, to act as a mediator, as a neutralizer to bring the two sides together. They didn’t do that… We will keep you updated in terms of how we go forward.”