The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured a court order directing the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) to call off its strike.
TUTAG has been on strike since January 6, 2020, in protest of the non-payment of allowances due its members following the conversion of polytechnics to technical universities.
The association has accused government of not complying with a ruling by the NLC to have its members paid their allowances by December 2019.
However after a meeting last week, the National Labour Commission directed TUTAG to call off the strike with an assurance that the government would pay its members by January 29.
The Greater Accra Regional Chapter of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana on Monday, January 13 2020, called off their strike action, stating that they would not take into consideration the stance of their national executives.
The national executives, together with the branch executives of the Ashanti region and Northern region indicated that their strike was still in full force regardless of the action or decision taken by the Greater Regional branch of the association.
TUTAG described as unfortunate purported threats by the National Labour Commission (NLC) that some members of the union risk losing their salaries if its strike continued.
Speaking to Citi News, the National President of TUTAG, Dr. Solomon Keelson urged the NLC to act as a fair referee.
This is after the NLC directed the association to call off its strike saying the government had agreed to pay their allowances by January 29.
Source: Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
