-following court ruling
Now that the court has ruled that the strike launched by the GTU for collective bargaining was legal and justified, General Secretary Coretta McDonald said that the union will now re-engage the Ministry of Education to discuss the way forward.
“We will now approach the Ministry of Education again reminding them that we [the GTU] are still open to sitting at the table and having negotiations with them as it relates to the collective bargaining agreement and based on their response that will decide our next step”, the Guyana Teachers’ Union General Secretary told the Sunday Stabroek.
McDonald said that she is aware that the Ministry of Education did outline that they are not prepared to revert to the proposal for salaries discussions for 2019- 2023 which therefore means that the union has to consider several other options that would still turn out in the best interest of teachers.
