University of Guyana’s unions and negotiation team will commence negotiations on wages, salaries and working conditions for all categories of employees on Tuesday coming.Vice President of the University of Guyana Senior Staff Association (UGSSA), Dr. Mellissa Ifill, disclosed that on Thursday last President of the UGSSA,David Njoku Jersey, Dr. Patsy Francis,cheap nfl jerseys, and UGWU head, Bruce Haynes, said that the long awaited negotiations will commence.“The meeting with union leaders and staff had been called to determine what steps ought to be taken in light of the failure of the Administration to respond to the?UGSSA and UGWU?requests for meetings with the negotiating team and the senior administrative group,NFL Jerseys China,” Dr. Ifill said.She related that at the meeting, union leaders advised staff that the University’s administration had been deliberately violating the Resumption of Duties Agreement that had been signed between the Unions and the Administration that allowed for the cessation of industrial action at the University in late February 2012.The Resumption of Duties Agreement provided for tripartite talks between the unions and the Administration initially on a monthly basis then on a mutually agreed schedule to discuss the conditions on campus; and the University to convene a meeting with the negotiation team one month after submission of unions’ memorandum of demands.In relation to the tripartite talks,Cheap Stitched Jerseys, Dr. Ifill said that the unions are finding it frustrating to schedule meetings with the Administration to address the still deplorable conditions on campus such as the release of raw sewage into open drains which jeopardizes the health of staff and students; the poor work done by Ministry of Education contractors on university buildings;?and grossly inadequate classroom space.In addition, staff members are faced with the lack of critical materials such as ink, paper and toner that would allow faculties and departments to function effectively; the distressing state of university finances and repeated failure to pay workers on time and remit contributions to various agencies in a timely manner; and the not inconsiderable number of courses that have not yet started because lecturers over 60 have not yet received contracts, six weeks after the commencement of the semester.She noted that with regards to talks with the University’s negotiating team the union leaders noted that Council members failed to attend two meetings previously scheduled with the UG negotiation team in June 2012 following the submission of the Unions’ Memorandum of Demands in May 2012.Dr. Ifill said that Dr. Francis had revealed that in response to the union’s stated intention to resume industrial action in light of these breaches,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, a meeting with the University negotiating team was hastily arranged to forestall the resumption of industrial action by staff.“Following discussions, union members present at the October 18 meeting agreed that notwithstanding our dissatisfaction with the overall state of the University,NBA Store, the Unions would not call for an immediate resumption of industrial action once the initial negotiation meeting proceeds satisfactorily,” she added.