| “It could very well be a ploy,” said President of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA),Cheap Authentic Jerseys, Dr. Mellissa Ifill as she commented on a move by Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Jacob Opadeyi,Cheap Jerseys From China, to offer a package to a section of the striking University workers.Dr. Ifill yesterday confirmed that cleaners attached to the University, who were among the striking workers over the past few weeks, were called in by the Administration to discuss plans to have them become fulltime workers. The majority of the workers are employed on a part-time basis which translates to them working five hours daily.Moreover, their meagre take-home salary amounts to just over $20,000. The offer on the table for the workers is for them to become fulltime workers, a move which will see them automatically qualifying for improved remuneration.The University unions – The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) and the UGSSA, according to Dr. Ifill,NFL Jerseys Cheap, have not dissuaded the workers from accepting the offer, since their livelihood could be significantly improved. “We understand the economic situation of these workers but we have been asking them to be very careful in accepting,” added Dr. Ifill.But according to the UGSSA President, “it is sad that it took this (strike) action for the Administration to recognise these workers.” In fact, she is suspicious that the move could in fact be a tactical one whereby once the workers resume work, they will find that things have in actuality not changed.In the meantime though,wholesale soccer jerseys, she noted that the other workers will continue to strike until there is a resolution to their concerns. And a resolution, Dr. Ifill said, could be an interim offer that could see workers returning to work and being willing to resume negotiations with the University’s Negotiating team. “We are open to a proposal,” said Dr. Ifill without specifying what offer would be acceptable for the workers to return to work.The University’s Negotiating team had last week proposed to the Unions a three-year salary increase package for the workers which would have seen them being afforded a five per increase for this year, 10 per cent for next year and another five per cent for 2017.The Unions, after consulting with the workers,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, rejected the proposal and instead offered an alternative proposal.Although the Unions had initially demanded a 60 per cent increase for the workers, it instead reduced its original proposal to 25 per cent for each of the three years (2015, 2016 and 2017).Both the University Administration and the Ministry of Labour have called on the workers to bring an end to the strike action and allow for the negotiations to continue.A memo from the University Personnel Officer said that all striking workers would see their salaries being deducted for each day they strike.But a letter from Chief Labour Officer,wholesale nfl jerseys, Charles Ogle, had asked that workers resume work on Wednesday. Ogle in the letter said too that once the workers resume work “We will ensure that there is no victimization of workers.”Ogle in his letter said too, that the call to resume work is one that is supported by time honoured and established industrial relations customs, practices and behaviour. Had the workers resumed work as requested, Ogle said that there would have been “no break in service and the status quo ante will prevail.”He noted too,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, that the Ministry was prepared to invite the parties concerned to have conciliatory talks following further negotiations with the University if there is no resolution between the parties.Moreover, the Ministry is calling for an immediate end to the strike action so as to allow the process of negotiation to commence in a situation of normalcy at the University without redress. |
