University of Guyana (UG) workers will begin a “full-blown” three-day strike on Monday after negotiations between their unions and the university administration reach another impasse due to a demand by Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi that they end continuing industrial action during talks.
The University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) and the University of Guyana Workers’ Union (UGWU), which represent academic and non-academic staff, respectively, took the decision yesterday, after Opadeyi withdrew a proposed wage increase on Thursday and declared that there would be no negotiations under duress.
Students are also expected to be a part of the full strike, which is an escalation of the sit-in that began on January 26, 2015, when the new semester was scheduled to commence.
Word of the cancellation of negotiations spread following a letter from Opadeyi to the presidents of the unions,
