Striking UG staff taking protest to Tain campus

After four weeks of strike action by University of Guyana staff over collapsed pay hike negotiations with the university’s administration, the picketing exercise will be heading to UG’s Tain campus in Berbice to support staff there, who are succumbing to pressure, President of the University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) Bruce Haynes said.

He further mentioned that the UGWU and the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA) which is headed by Dr Mellissa Ifill, will be meeting Minister of Labour Dr Nanda Gopaul today.

During a telephone interview with Stabroek News, Haynes revealed that the protest which is usually held in