Following four weeks without classes due to strike action by academic and non-academic staff of the University of Guyana (UG) over collapsed wage negotiations with the UG administration, the University of Guyana Students’ Society (UGSS) is urging both parties to resume negotiations, while distancing its “#UGRevolution” campaign from the industrial action.
“A clear distinction must be drawn between the current industrial action at the university and the [fight] of the students for improved facilities and learning conditions, termed –#UGRevolu-tion,” UGSS President Joshua Griffith told a press conference at UG’s Turkeyen campus yesterday.
He explained that the #UGRevolution is a deliberate attempt to challenge the complacency of students and cause them to
