The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective January 8, 2020 over unpaid allowances.
The Association said the amount received by its members in December is below allowances paid to colleagues in other public universities who hold similar positions as lecturers.
Addressing the media in Accra, the National President of TUSAAG, Edem Kodjo Honu, said the strike will be in effect until the government complies with the National Labour Commission’s ruling to pay its members the agreed allowances.
TUSAAG had threatened to embark on a strike effective today [Wednesday 8th January, 2020] to demand better conditions of services befitting their status as public university administrators.
TUSAAG in a press statement served on Wednesday, 1st January, 2020, to notify the National Labour Commission, NLC, of the intended industrial strike, said the action is to register their displeasure as government’s failure to comply with the ruling of the NLC, has eroded the goodwill that the leadership of the Union showed during the deliberations.
On October 18th, 2019, TUSAAG declared an indefinite strike due to government’s failure to address their concerns.
Key among these is their base pay in line with their new status as university staff and not polytechnic staff. But on November 4th, 2019, TUSAAG reviewed its decision to call off their strike after a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC). TUSAAG’s strike comes in the wake of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana’s (TUTAG) declaration of an indefinite strike.
TUTAG’s strike is in protest of the non-payment of allowances due its members following the conversion of polytechnics to technical universities.
Source:Fiilafmonline/CitiNews
