National Labour Commission directs teacher unions to call off strike

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has issued a directive instructing the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), affiliated with the Trades Union Congress, and the Senior Staff Association of Public Universities and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff to immediately call off their ongoing strike. The unions declared a strike in response to the government’s neglect of issues about pensions and the alleged unjust termination of their overtime allowances. The Executive Secretary of the National Labour Commission (NLC), Ofosu Asamoah, told journalists after a meeting with the unions in Accra on Wednesday, January 24, that it was only proper for…