Court-ordered mediation yesterday succeeded in bringing a four-week-old teachers’ strike to an end and their union, the GTU will now be able to place salaries and collective bargaining on the table when talks begin with the Ministry of Education sometime this week.
After two days of gruelling talks, the mediation ordered on Thursday by Justice Sandil Kissoon produced results yesterday afternoon – breaking a deadlock that was entering its 5th week with the Ministry of Labour and the Chief Labour Officer refusing to bring the government and the union to the table and to find a way to end the strike.
The agreement reached between the two sides said that the teachers will resume work on or before Wednesday, March 6th, 2024.
