While the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) bites, another major labour union, the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has also begun a nationwide strike Thursday, January 20, 2022.
CLOGSAG has started the nationwide strike today over what it says is poor conditions of service.
The Association claims the issue of poor conditions of service of its members has been ignored over the years and that its leaders could no longer hold the pressure from the members to declare a strike, which, according to them, was long overdue.
It said its unique conditions of service was informed by Article 94(3)(b) of the 1992 Constitution, which prohibited civil servants from participating in active political activities.
The Association want its members, who have been restrained from participating in partisan politics, to have a distinct and enhanced salary structure and other conditions of service.
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Meanwhile, all 15 member branches of UTAG have passed a resolution to continue with their industrial action despite a directive from the National Labour Commission (NLC) to call it off.
This was contained in a press release signed by Dr Asare Asante-Annor, National Secretary of UTAG.
It said the branches made the resolution after separate meetings on the directive.
The University Teachers Association of Ghana on Monday, January 10, 2022, embarked on industrial action over their “worsening” conditions of service.
The National Labour Commission after hearing their case on Thursday, January 13, 2022, ruled that the strike be called off, because it was illegal and did not follow due process.