New protests loom over UG conditions

University of Guyana (UG) staff members are still working under the same conditions at the Turkeyen campus that they protested earlier this year, leading to calls for new action.

“I’m not saying let’s go on strike but we have to do something. We must protest because the situation has not improved and we have to do something to let people know our plight is the same as it was, that nothing has changed,” President of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) Dr Patsy Francis said on Wednesday last during a general meeting with workers.

Earlier this year, the UGSSA, the University of Guyana Student Society (UGSS) and the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU)