Tonight the joint unions and the government remain at a standoff - with both he teachers and public service union membership on strike. But, it has not crippled government services and it has not closed schools or totally stopped online learning.
Still, many teachers and public officers are sitting it out - and today the agitation may have entered another stage with minor tyre fires on the George Price Highway. Now, we surely cannot link these activities to the unions - but we know that tyre fires on the highways have - in the past - been a standard part of civil and labour agitation in Belize.
Early this morning between 5:30 and 6:30 there was a single tyre on fire on the Colonel English bridge near mile 31, and earlier on - there had been three tyres near Harmonyville at mile 41.
These had no great effect on traffic and were quickly put out.
