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22 Nov

Gov’t, Organized Labour To Meet Today Over 60% Increment In Single Spine Base Pay

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Organized labour is expected to meet government today, Tuesday, November 22, 2022, to continue negotiations on the proposal for a 60% increment in the base pay of the Single Spine Salary Structure for 2023. The public sector workers explained that the daily base pay is lower than the government’s newly announced Daily Minimum Wage of GH¢14.88. Already, government says it is hopeful that their negotiations will come out successful. Thomas Musah is the General Secretary of the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and he has been explaining why public sector workers deserve the 60% increment. “Before the base pay, all…

15 Jul

Gov’t, Organised Labour Agree On 15% COLA; Unions To Call Off Strike

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Government and organised labour have agreed on a 15 percent cost of living allowance for members of organised labour. The various worker unions, including the four teacher unions, the Ghana Medical Association, and the Public Sector Workers Union, among others, demanded the payment of 20 percent of their basic salaries as Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) due to the current economic situation in the country. Negotiations dragged on for over two weeks, compelling CCT, GNAT, NAGRAT, and TEWU to embark on industrial action to insist on their demands. After a crunch meeting today, July 14, 2022, both parties came to…

23 Apr

KNUST Extends Deadline For Payment Of Fees After Gov’t Intervention

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KNUST Extends Deadline For Payment Of Fees After Gov’t Intervention The Management of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has extended the deadline for the payment of fees for 6,000 deferred students by a month. In a statement, the management of the university said it decided against an intervention by the Minister of Education, Yaw Adutwum and other stakeholders. “The Management of KNUST has agreed to extend the deadline for payment of fees for deferred students by one month following a meeting with the Minister of Education, Hon. Yaw Adutwum, and other stakeholders today, 22nd of April…

05 May

Govt, Private Sector Partner To Build Affordable Houses

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Govt, Private Sector Partner To Build Affordable Houses The Ministry of Works and Housing is partnering the private sector to develop the Kumasi Affordable Housing Project. Already, the ministry has acquired a 200-acre plot at Dedesua in the Bosomtwe District in the region to start the project. The Kumasi Affordable Housing Project is part of the government’s action to build affordable housing units to reduce the national housing deficit. During an inspection tour of the project site at Dedesua yesterday, the sector minister, Mr Francis Asenso-Boakye, said even though the State Housing Company (SHC) would be the anchor developer, there…