UG set for renewed protests over salaries, conditions

Patsy Francis

The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Worker’s Union (UGWU) are proceeding with plans to resume protests at the Turkeyen Campus today to press for better salaries, benefits and working conditions.

“We are reasonable people, we thought that it would be good to wait and consult with them… they have dishonoured the agreement. Yesterday (Monday) we assembled for the first rounds of talks but the council did not show up. Everyone else did. If our meeting is not important to the government officials, because those were the persons nominated to attend the meeting, then we have the right to protest,”