President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Patrick Yarde has told the Stabroek Business said that the union is ready to engage government in talks over wages and salaries in the Public Service. “We’re ready. In fact, I can tell you that we will now be making active enquiries of the government about its preparedness to start the talks,” Yarde said. “This goes beyond wages and salaries. It is about a return to collective bargaining. It is a historic moment for the entire labour movement in our country.”
And the veteran trade union leader who, up until now, had declined to comment on the contents of the recently released Report of the Commission of Enquiry into the Public Service told this newspaper that the report “may well assist the process of righting historic wrongs,” that had
