GPSU mum on two-week negotiation for frontline health workers

Three weeks after the Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU)  announced a two-week negotiation on the working conditions and remuneration within the public health sector there is “no update” on the process. 

According to the General Secretary (ag) of the GPSU Kempton Alexander he had  no update on the negotiations. First Vice President Dawn Gardner when contacted on Monday also said she had “no comment”. 

On October 7, a planned strike by nurses and other workers in the public health sector was put ‘on hold’ after the GPSU agreed to negotiate the demands of the workers with the Government.