Staff at the Guyana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) will shortly receive letters terminating their services, as moves to effect the merger with the Guyana Television Broadcasting Company (GTV) advance.

This was among other issues discussed during a meeting between staff and Advisor to the President, Kellawan Lall and Information Liaison to the President Robert Persaud, yesterday Stabroek News understands.

This move, Stabroek News was informed, is a necessary and normal procedure when companies are seeking to commence a new phase of operation.

However, it appears that the union has not found favour with this approach and is seeking to have the matter further discussed.

According to reports, the meeting between the Office of the President staff and GBC employees was to update them on the merger with the sister state-owned broadcasting entity.

Prior to yesterday’s meeting Lall and Persaud had met executives of the Clerical and Commercial Workers Union (CCWU), who expressed support for the proposal, but sought to clarify outstanding industrial relations matters regarding GTV.

At that meeting the OP staffers outlined government’s plans to integrate the two state-media bodies and invited the union’s participation in ensuring that workers at both entities are treated in keeping with collective bargaining agreements and the law.

The merger would see the two arms of the state broadcasting media, currently functioning under separate management being brought under a single managerial structure at the GTV Homestretch Avenue complex. Broadcasts of both radio and television will be transmitted from that location.