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UG UTAG threatens strike on January 10

Ellen Nusi — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:55:03 +0000

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) chapter at the University of Ghana has called a strike for January 10th, 2022. UTAG is pushing for better working conditions and pay raises for university lecturers. Professor Ransford Gyampo, Secretary of the University of Ghana UTAG, told Citi News that they will keep pushing until they get [...]

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TEWU embarks on strike over unpaid professional development allowance

Ellen Nusi — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 14:45:38 +0000

The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has embarked on strike today, Wednesday, January 5, 2022, to demand better working conditions. The government, according to the union, has failed to pay professional development allowances owed to them since 2020. In an interview with Citi News, the General Secretary of [...]

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Driver unions suspend intended strike over fuel prices

Enyonam — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:04:23 +0000

Spokesperson of the Ghana Private Roads and Transport Union (GPRTU), Imoro Abbass says some 16 drivers’ unions have agreed to call off the strike slated for Thursday, November 11. According to him, the strike will however happen next week Tuesday, November 16 if their concerns are not addressed after the budget presentation by the Finance [...]

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Akufo-Addo hails UTAG’s decision to call off strike

Enyonam — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:03:47 +0000

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has praised the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) decision to end its strike and resume negotiations. However, the president says negotiations should not disrupt academic work in the universities. “All of us are happy that the University Teachers Association has agreed after some long-drawn negotiations to suspend their strike [...]

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NLC secures injunction to compel UTAG to call off strike

Ellen Nusi — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 05:33:07 +0000

The National Labour Commission (NLC) has obtained an interlocutory injunction requiring the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to end its strike. The injunction from the Labour Court 1 on Friday, August 6, 2021, ordered all members of the Association to immediately return to work. According to the injunction granted by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, [...]

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Universities’ Senior Staff threaten to resume strike over ‘unfavourable’ conditions of service

Ellen Nusi — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:18:41 +0000

The Senior Staff Association of Universities in Ghana has accused the government of failing to address their complaints about their unfavorable working circumstances, which prompted them to go on strike in May. Following a meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the strike was called off on June 11 with assurances that all outstanding [...]

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TUTAG’s nationwide strike to be called off on Friday

myghanadaily — Thu, 17 Jun 2021 12:52:26 +0000

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), says it will call off its ongoing nationwide strike tomorrow Friday, June 18, 2021. The decision was arrived at after a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, over the association’s demands. The Association began a partial nationwide strike on Monday, June [...]

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