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21 Mar

NLC Orders Teacher Unions To Call Off Strike

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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the three striking teacher unions to call off their strike. On Wednesday, March 20, 2024, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) jointly announced a nationwide strike. They cited the government’s alleged neglect in addressing their service conditions as the basis for their action. However, the NLC in a statement signed by its Chairperson, Justice Kwabena Asuman-Adu, ordered the teacher unions “to rescind the decision of the declaration of a nationwide strike made on Wednesday 20 March, 2024 and…

10 May

NLC Summons JUSAG Over Threats To Embark On Indefinite Strike

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The National Labour Commission, (NLC), has issued a summons to the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana, (JUSAG) and government to appear before it over the association’s intention to embark on an indefinite strike. JUSAG on Friday, May 5, indicated their resolve to embark on an indefinite strike action by May 22 over government’s inability to approve their new salary plans for the past two years. The “urgent” summons from the NLC signed by Dr. Bernice A. Welbeck, Director, Admin and Human Resource, for the Executive Secretary, on May 8, asked JUSAG and the respondent to appear before the Commission…

27 Jan

National Labour Commission Directs CETAG To Call Off Strike

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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the Colleges of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) to call off its ongoing strike and return to negotiations with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). The NLC has given the FWSC and CETAG a two-week period to meet, negotiate and bring to finality the issues in dispute. The two parties are to report back to the NLC on Wednesday, February 08, 2023. The directive was contained in a statement signed by Dr Bernice Welbeck, Director of Administration and Human Resource NLC, after the FWSC and CETAG appeared before the commission on…

13 Oct

Return To Negotiation Table – NLC To Aggrieved Staff Of Public Universities

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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed staff of public universities to go back to the negotiation table with the Ghana Tertiary Education Council (GTEC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) over their concerns. This was the outcome of a meeting between the NLC and four worker unions including the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana and the Ghana Association of University Administrators. The Unions threatened to embark on an indefinite strike, from today, Thursday, October 13, 2022, if government failed to resolve issues regarding their conditions…