Even as teachers are set to take to the streets today the Ministry of Education last evening announced that it has written to the Ministry of Labour indicating that there has been a breakdown in negotiations with the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and seeking its intervention.
A meeting is set for the two ministries today at 10:30 am.
According to a release from the Education Ministry late last evening, the letter invited the Labour Ministry to intervene in the matter with the GTU, “indicating that there has been a breakdown in negotiations between the ministry and the GTU regarding the question of which years the new multi-year agreement should address.”