{"id":222873,"date":"2025-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=222873"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T13:53:20","slug":"court-of-appeal-refuses-states-application-over-deduction-of-dues-for-guyana-teachers-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/court-of-appeal-refuses-states-application-over-deduction-of-dues-for-guyana-teachers-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal refuses State\u2019s application over deduction of dues for Guyana Teachers&#8217; Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"antig-3525575432\" class=\"antig-ecab antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/discoverflow.co\/web\/antigua\" aria-label=\"ANU CVP Digital Broadband 1200x400_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1201\/h:401\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ANU-CVP-Digital-Broadband-1200x400_1-1.jpg\" 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sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"400\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Guyana Court of Appeal yesterday rejected the State\u2019s attempt to stay an order mandating the deduction and remittance of union dues to the GTU.<\/p><div id=\"antig-2801171485\" class=\"antig-content_5 antig-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ablpag\" aria-label=\"ABLP_Red-&#038;-Reddy_Web_1000x250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:1000\/h:250\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 1000w, https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:75\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABLP_Red-Reddy_Web_1000x250.png 300w, 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