Govt’s final pay offer to public servants far below union demand

A final offer for differentiated wage increases for public servants ranging from 10% at the lowest scale to 1% at the highest has been made by the Guyana Government and the GPSU is to consider the proposal.

The government offer revealed in a statement last night after two months of talks, falls far below the Guyana Public Service Union’s (GPSU) initial demand of a 40% across-the-board hike which it later amended to 25%.

According to the statement, the government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) yesterday concluded discussions on wages and salaries for public servants within the bargaining unit for 2016. There was no word from the GPSU which has not commented on the wage negotiations over the last two months.