GPSU urges end to contract workers in public service

Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) President Patrick Yarde yesterday called for the elimination of contracted employment from the public service, while arguing that such workers do not have security of tenure and this makes them vulnerable to pressure to do something wrong.

Yarde was at the time making submissions on behalf of the GPSU to the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the public service at the Department of Public Service building on Waterloo Street, Georgetown.

“Contracted employees operate at a disadvantage. Our position is that contract employment should be eliminated. They should