Student leadership calls on UG admin, unions to honour resumption pact

Bruce Haynes

As University of Guyana (UG) workers threaten to return to industrial action if their salaries are not paid by Thursday, the student leadership has called on both the unions and the administration to honour their resumption agreement and ensure they do not take any decision that further disadvantages students.

The UG Workers Union (UGWU) and the UG Senior Staff Association (UGSSA), in a joint statement yesterday, said the university’s administration has repeatedly violated the Terms of Resumption (TOR) Agreement, which was signed to ensure that they returned to the classroom on March 3, bringing an end to five weeks of industrial action.

The unions, in a statement signed by UGWU’s Bruce Haynes and UGSSA’s Mellissa Ifill, said despite the violations of the