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TUTAG Members Mount Pressure On Leadership, Another Nationwide Strike Looms Over Conditions Of Service

TUTAG Members Mount Pressure On Leadership, Another Nationwide Strike Looms Over Conditions Of Service

Members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) are reportedly intensifying pressure on their leadership to declare a nationwide strike, escalating a conflict over service conditions within technical universities across the nation. The catalyst for this impending industrial action is the ongoing standoff at the Bolgatanga Technical University, where members have taken to the picket lines, fervently demanding the immediate implementation of the previously agreed-upon end-of-service benefits. The national leadership of TUTAG has responded swiftly, convening an emergency congress scheduled for this coming Friday, where a pivotal decision will be made regarding collective industrial action. The source of…
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TUTAG Suspends Strike

TUTAG Suspends Strike

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG) has suspended its strike according to a statement jointly signed by the President of the Association Prof. Dr.-Ing. Collins Ameyaw and General Secretary Abubakari Zakari. The Association has been on strike since Friday, November 18 over their condition of service. But a press statement issued on Saturday, December 10 said: "Following the conclusion of negotiations on internally generated fund-related conditions of service, off-campus and vehicle maintenance allowances, and pursuant to the memorandum of agreement signed between the government team and the labour unions (TUTAG, UTAG, GAUA and TEWU), we announce the suspension of…
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TUTAG Declares Indefinite Strike

TUTAG Declares Indefinite Strike

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…
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