A Cameroonian civil society organisation has urged the Anglophone North West and South West regions of Cameroon to embark on a peaceful protest until the demands of lawyers and teachers in the regions are met. The Cameroon Anglophone Civil Society Consortium on Wednesday called for a sit-in strike to be held on January 9, 2017 … Read more
State attorneys have debunked claims they are embarking on an illegal strike. The lawyers who have been on a sit-down strike for two months now are demanding better conditions of service and the implementation of their pension scheme. Government has threatened to relieve them of their post if they fail to call off the strike. … Read more
It seems Ghana’s State Attorneys are bent on having their demands of better conditions of service met before they return to work. The Association of State Attorneys declared a strike in October 2016, in protest of government’s failure to meet its demand for improved conditions of service. Several efforts to get them to return to work … Read more
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association has suspended its strike following assurances from government. This means Out Patient Department services are likely to resume with immediate effect across the various hospitals affected by the strike. They embarked on strike after government failed to resolve issues confronting them. The General Secretary of the Association, Perpetual … Read more
The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG) has given government till the end of October 2016 to correct perceived anomalies identified in its renegotiated pay structure or face a strike. Friday, October 21 marked the the expiration of an earlier ultimatum over JUSSAG’s market premium. However, the union is dissatisfied with some conditions in … Read more
The Attorney General(AG) has directed all striking members of the Association of State Attorneys to resume work effective Friday, October 21, or lose their remuneration. This comes after a directive issued by the National Labour Commission(NLC) over the ongoing strike by the Attorneys. The Association yesterday declared a strike over government’s inability to resolve some … Read more
Workers of the Ghana Meteorological Agency at the Kotoka International Airport have begun an indefinite strike. The workers are protesting government’s inability to address the Amendement of the agencies act 682 of 2004. The strike is likely to lead to flight delays at the airport since they are the primary source of weather information. A … Read more
Pilots working for Kenya Airways have called off their strike which was to start tomorrow. The pilots had vowed to continue with their strike despite a court order blocking the move. We had reported earlier that the Kenya’s Ministry of Labour was mediating today between the management of Kenya Airways and its Pilots’ Association in … Read more
The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) says it did not err in dismissing 13 workers and withholding the August salary of 42 others after they violated company rules and engaged in an illegal strike. Head of communications at the company, Alfred Ogbarmey, says the action of the workers contravenes the Labour Act 2003 (Act 651) … Read more
The Ghana Railway Workers Union has called off its strike after reaching an agreement with the National Labour Commission. The Union declared a strike, 11 days ago after all efforts aimed at getting their salary arrears and pension contributions from the Ministry of Finance failed. Speaking to Citi Business News, the General Secretary of the … Read more
The Ghana Railway Workers Union (GRWU) has resolved to defy a directive of the National Labour Commission (NLC) against its intended strike over the release of funds for the payment of salary arrears of railway workers. The group had initially threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 12, 2016 until all arrears were … Read more
The Ministry of Transport has said it has taken steps to resolve grievances of striking railway workers. The Ghana Railway Workers Union Thursday declared an indefinite strike after an unproductive meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Transport Ministry. They are demanding payment of their three-month salary arrears and improvement in condition of … Read more
Workers of the Electoral Commission (EC) are demanding 50 percent of their salary as allowances for their inability to engage in social and political activities as staff of a neutral organization. The demand, which comes with barely three months to presidential and parliamentary elections, in December, is the second in the year. The demand was … Read more
Striking pharmacists at public hospitals say they will completely withdraw their services including emergency services if government does not meet their demands by close of work Wednesday. The Government Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) says its 10-day ultimatum to government ends Wednesday. At a press conference Tuesday, GHOSPA said it would be withdrawing emergency as well … Read more
Teachers in all thirty eight (38) Public Colleges of Education have declared an indefinite strike effective Monday September 12 over what they describe as “unduly delayed migration” to be able to draw salaries as tutors from other tertiary institution. The National Executives Committee of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana took the decision … Read more
Ghana Railway Workers Union has called off its intended strike scheduled for tomorrow [Monday], September 12. The Union was going to strike to press home demands for better working conditions and an upgrade in salary. The Union has also complained it has been using Internally Generated Funds to pay the net salaries of workers, leaving … Read more
The Ministry of Health has appealed to the leadership of the Ghana Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) to call off their strike while negotiations continue toward resolving their grievances. Members of GHOSPA have indicated that they will only return to work if government, through the relevant agencies, shows clear commitment to improving their working conditions. GHOSPA … Read more
The striking members of the Ghana Hospital Pharmacist Association(GHOSPA) say they will not be intimidated by government to call off their strike. According to them, they’ll only return to work, if government through the relevant agencies shows clear commitment to improve their working conditions. This follows a call by the Employment and Labour Relations Officer, … Read more
The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has criticised the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for neglecting its consumers. Staff of the power distribution company have been on a series of demonstrations and strikes to fight the proposed privatisation of the state-owned utility. “We find this unacceptable considering the effects of several years of erratic … Read more
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has filed a suit at the Labour Division of the High Court seeking to compel striking members of the Government and Hospitals Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) to call off their strike. “We have filed a motion at the High Court, Labour Division, to get a court order to get them to … Read more