Justice Kissoon issues written judgment on teachers’ strike

Justice Sandil Kissoon

With the release yesterday of Justice Sandil Kissoon’s written judgment declaring the strike action by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to have been legal and justified, it is expected that government will now move forward with filing an appeal as it has vowed.

The GTU had gone to court to challenge the government’s decision to deduct pay from striking teachers and the intention to cease deduction of dues from teachers’ pay in favour of the union.

In his decision of April 19th, Justice Kissoon said “Teachers lifted their voices and they asked for bread, they were given stones”.