After expressing its concern multiple times over the year, the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) will today begin wage and salary negotiations with the David Granger administration and it will seek to bargain for a 40% increase in salaries.
GPSU President Patrick Yarde told reporters at a press briefing yesterday that the union has received an invitation from government to commence negotiations for wages and salaries for 2016. The invitation comes after the union had several times expressed worry about the Granger administration’s reluctance to engage on the matter.
The GPSU’s negotiating team will be led by Yarde and will include first vice-president Mortimer Livan, General Secretary Kempton Alexander and other members of the Executive. Leading government’s delegation will be Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of the Presidency Reginald Brotherson.
