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24 Nov

Mortuary Workers Declare Intention For Nationwide Strike

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The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) has serve notice of an indefinite nationwide strike on Wednesday, 29th November,2023, until their issues are resolved. MOWAG said the notice of the indefinite nationwide strike is in accordance with Section 159 of Act 651(2003) of the constitution. The move, the group said is to exercise their fundamental human rights as enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. “Our position is that all mortuary workers in Ghana shall lay down their tools starting on Wednesday, 29th November, 2023, until all matters already in your domain are resolved. This is in exercise of our rights as…

21 Apr

NLC Directs UCC Senior Staff To Call Off Strike Action

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The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed senior staff of the University of Cape Coast to call off their strike action. The directive came after the Commission met with both the management and the striking staff to find a lasting solution between the two parties. Sandy Kumi-Sinatra, Chairman of the Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana, UCC chapter (SSA-UoG, UCC), told GhanaWeb that the NLC had failed to resolve the substantive issues that led to their strike action. The Commission, however, raised procedural concerns about their action and asked members to resume work. The Association is, therefore, waiting for an official…

31 Jan

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Doctors Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Arrears

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Members of the Korle Bu Doctors Association (KOSA) are threatening to withdraw their services to the outpatient department and elective surgeries over unpaid arrears. The strike is expected to commence from February 6 to 10, should management fail to come up with clear timelines for payment of 13th-month salary arrears. “Beginning 30th of January to 5th February, 2023, KODA expects management to come out with clear timelines for the payment of the arrears and to make this payment a centralized one instead of departmental after all, every payment goes into a central pool,” they explained. “If nothing is received, KODA…

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…

15 Dec

Gyampo Hints Of Labour Shutdown Over Debt Exchange Programme

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The Secretary of the University of Ghana branch University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG), Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo, has hinted of a massive strike action by Organised Labour over the recently announced Domestic Debt Exchange Programme. He said since government has gone out of its way to announce the Programme without recourse to Organised Labour, they will also proceed on strike to reject any attempt to touch their pensions. He expressed these sentiments on TV3‘s Midday Live on Wednesday, December 14. “This one it is going to be a strike of [organised] labour,” he hinted. He said it is becoming too much on the part of…

18 Nov

TUTAG Declares Indefinite Strike

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The leadership of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has declared an indefinite strike action over concerns about conditions of service. TUTAG last week threatened to embark on industrial action if the government fails to honour the Codified Conditions of Service of members, which have been outstanding since 2016. In a statement issued on Friday, November 18, TUTAG said issues raised in an earlier letter addressed to the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and copied to the Minister of Education, Minister of Finance, Chairman of the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Chief Executive Officer of the Fair…