Saying that Vice-Chancellor (VC) Jacob Opadeyi’s response to their demands is “woefully inadequate,” University of Guyana (UG) staff yesterday threatened that if their demands are not met by 4pm today, industrial action will be taken to delay the start of the new semester.
The university is scheduled to open for the new semester on Monday. “The executives of the Unions wish to advise the public and the UG staff and students that the VC’s formal response received on January 20, 2015 to our demands submitted on January 19, 2015 is woefully inadequate, takes matters no closer to a solution and has therefore been rejected,” the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU) said in a joint statement yesterday.
The unions’ main demand is a 60% salary increase.
“Despite the VC’s stated optimism that his response will prevent industrial action,
