UG union vows legal action if lecturers contracts terminated

The University of Guyana Worker’s Union says it will take legal action against the university if moves by the government representatives on the university’s council to terminate the contracts of a number of lecturers are successful.

The union said yesterday that the move appeared to be political in nature and is designed to “get at certain lecturers because of the election campaign”. Stabroek News understands that the lecturers shortlisted included many who have served the university for a number of years.

According to a release issued by the union yesterday, the government representatives on the university’s academic council recently met at an extraordinary meeting of the