Industrial action looms at the University of the West Indies, Mona following a decision to reduce health and pension benefits to new staff in Jamaica.
The threatened action, to start Monday, also comes as the union representing lecturers at the Mona campus in St. Andrew, the West Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT), says the University Council made the decision unilaterally and in the absence of a negotiated agreement with any of the unions operating on the campus.
The reduced benefits will affect employees joining the staff on or after August 1, 2025 and was instructed by the Council for the Mona campus.
But UWI has been given the option to intervene and suspend the action if a written statement is made by the university, that it is putting on hold preparations to implement the new measures.
WIGUT says such a move would allow for meaningful negotiations between the university and the union. The union says until then, the notice of industrial action by its members remains in place.
It is unclear how the action will affect teaching and learning for the six-week summer term which runs from May 26 to July 4.
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