UG staff agree to one week of industrial action

University of Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) President Patsy Francis (left), UGSSA Vice-President Melissa Ifill (centre) and President of the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) Bruce Haynes (right) address members of the union during yesterday’s meeting.

University of Guyana (UG) staffers are to begin a week-long series of picketing actions beginning on Monday to protest the tardy payment of their salaries and the non-payment of insurance and tax contributions, among other things.

However, industrial action started on Thursday after staffers learned that they would not be receiving their salaries on that day,