The National Labour Commission (NLC) has initiated legal action against the Government and Hospital Pharmacists’ Association (GHOSPA) for embarking on strike while negotiations were ongoing over their grievances. GHOSPA began a nationwide strike on Monday, September 5 over members’ interim market premium, which they claim have been denied them for so long by government. The … Read more
A former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has told Citi Business News the recent labour agitations in the power sector will affect Foreign Direct Investments into the country. He argues that the growing labour unrest demonstrates the lack of discipline and respect for law in the country. “I … Read more
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) will sanction workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) who embarked on a nationwide strike recently over government’s plan to privatise the state power distributor, Nana Yaa Jantuah, director of public relations and external affairs of the PURC has said. The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) last week … Read more
Workers of state power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have suspended their sit-down strike which started on Friday, 2 September. National Secretary for the ECG Workers Union, Patrick Tetteh Binyeme, said the leadership of the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) met on Monday, 5 September to determine their next line of action after failed … Read more
The Ghana Mineworkers Union (GMU) is challenging suggestions that the industrial action that led to the dismissal of some 70 workers of Heavy Duty Equipment Supply Company, Mantrac is illegal. The workers were sacked after embarking on a nationwide sit-down strike to demand a switch in union affiliation last Thursday. The about 300 workers of … Read more
A former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC) says government privatisation of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has been everything but transparent. Abu Ramadan says documents he intercepted show a clear case of conflict of interest on the part of some officials and state institutions involved in the negotiation. “The entire … Read more
The Ghana Association of Biomedical Laboratory Scientists (GAMBLS) has called off its one week old strike following what it described as fruitful consultation with stakeholders within the sector. The group was on strike demanding the immediate implementation of a national health laboratory policy by government before they return to work. “The national executive committee met … Read more
The management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appears to be at odds with its staff as it has come out to say its workers are not striking in protest of the planned ceding of the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Head of Corporate Communications at the VRA, Getrude Koomsoon, … Read more
The management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appears to be at odds with its staff as it has come out to say its workers are not striking in protest of the planned ceding of the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Head of Corporate Communications at the VRA, Getrude Koomsoon, … Read more
Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have insisted they are still protesting the Power Ministry’s plans to cede the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. The Deputy Power Minister, after engaging the disgruntled VRA staff on Thursday, revealed to the media that the staff had indefinitely postponed their planned strike action ahead of another meeting … Read more
Unionized workers of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have threatened to resume their strike if government fails to hand over the entire 640 acres of land for the installation of their equipment. The Lands and Natural Resources Ministry has allocated 20 out of the 640 acres of land at la Nkwantanan near Adenta for … Read more
The Polytechnic Teachers Association of Ghana (POTAG) has called off its three-month long strike after it reached an agreement with the government to pay its book and research allowances. Leaders of the Association signed an agreement with the government Tuesday afternoon after assurances from the Minister for Labour Relations and Employment Haruna Iddrisu. POTAG members … Read more
Organised labour has called a general strike on Thursday, July 24, 2014, to protest the current economic hardships being experienced by workers. At a well-attended press conference yesterday, the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kofi Asamoah, who read a statement on behalf of organised labour, said on that day, all workers across … Read more