The 4% salary & wage increases not reflected in contract workers pay
While some public servants did receive the first payment of the outstanding 4% salary, and wage increases owed to them since the end of January,...
Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT)
Busmen not impressed by government stimulus
More protests were held on the streets of the Grenada capital this week. The new issue – the continued high cost of fuel that members...
GUT and government settle
The Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) has agreed to accept a government proposal in which a local financial institution will give teachers cash in exchange...
Bristol is confident of victory for public officers
Those words were uttered by newly-designated Queen’s Counsel James “Jimmy” Bristol to THE NEW TODAY after presenting arguments Thursday on behalf of three public sector...
The pension restoration protest march
An estimated 1,000 public sector employees took to the streets of St. George’s Wednesday in a protest march in support of their calls to the...
Unions tell Mitchell government…. Retroactive payments in cash and not bonds
Although the Keith Mitchell-led administration and two public sector unions are now closer to reaching agreement on the 4% increase in salaries, one sticking issue...
GUT standing firm
The Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT) has formally notified the Keith Mitchell-led government in the Botanical Gardens that it will not accept bonds to settle...
Teachers reject 4% in bonds
Teachers in Grenada have rejected a government offer to settle their protracted dispute over non-payment of salary increases from end of January through the issue...
Customs bringing in dollars for gov’t
The Customs Department within the Ministry of Department is starting to bring in much-needed revenue for the Keith Mitchell-led New National Party (NNP) administration in...
Protest at the Ministerial Complex
A handful of civil servants were seen midday Thursday at the lunch hour protest action at the Ministerial Complex called by the Public Workers Union...
Illegal use of Para-military against teachers
Signs are emerging about a level of disquiet within the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) over the role being played by some of the men...
Jude Bartholomew: “The one who the police put their hands on”
President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Jude Bartholomew has launched a scathing attack on the ruling New National Party (NNP) government of Prime...
PM Mitchell meets with religious leaders
Religious leaders in Grenada have told the island’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell that he needs to sit down with disgruntled teachers and resolve government’s...
Latest action from teachers
Teachers in Grenada have announced they will be taking further action against the Keith Mitchell-led government in their dispute over the non-payment of the 4%...
TUC speaks out against military intervention in peaceful demonstration
President of the Grenada Trade Union Council (GTUC), Andre Lewis has added his voice in condemning the use of the military under the Keith Mitchell-led New...
The sell-out of workers
A retired trade unionist has said that some of the current trade union leaders in Grenada have to shoulder the blame for the current sad...
Andall speaks out on interrogation of Jude Bartholomew
This statement was made Monday by former President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Marvin Andall in describing the action of the Royal Grenada...
Mason: “If they touch one they touch all”
President of the Commercial & Industrial Workers Union (CIWU), George Mason has called on workers to turn out in large numbers to Labour Day celebrations...
March outside PM home in St Mark might have sparked the detention of GUT president
It is now emerging that the police crackdown over the weekend on the President of the Grenada Union of Teachers (GUT), Jude Bartholomew was linked...
May Day held under unusual industrial challenges
The Grenada Trade Union Council (TUC) has said that workers will observe international workers day on Saturday under unusual challenges. Government employees have been engaged...