Striking UG workers want president’s intervention

As they continue to strike, some University of Guyana (UG) workers have voiced their disgust at the renewed calls by UG’s Vice-Chancellor Jacob Opadeyi for the end of the industrial action as a precondition for any negotiations with the administration.

The workers, who want President Donald Ramotar to intervene and end the crisis at the university for the return to normalcy, spoke to Stabroek News on the condition of anonymity out of fear of victimisation by the administration.

“It is ridiculous that we are on strike and the government and the Vice Chancellor [Opadeyi] met with the