Members of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) will today, Wednesday, January 13, begin a nationwide strike to press home their demand for better conditions of service.
According to them, the failure of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to conclude negotiation on the demands of its members for better conditions of service has necessitated this action.
The union has blamed the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission for refusing to heed to calls of its members hence, the decision.
Meanwhile, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has described the action by TEWU as illegal.
In an earlier statement issued in December 2020 and signed by the General Secretary of Union, Mark Dankyira Korankye, and National Chairman, Ambrose Yao Kwadwodza, the Union said the continuous delay by the Commission was in ‘bad faith’.
Touching on this, the TEWU local chair at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Charles Arthur said unlike in December, the Union will only call off the strike when their demands are met.
“We’re beginning a full-blown nationwide strike in all public universities in Ghana, it’s going to be simultaneous at 10 am.
“We’ll declare a strike for every member to go home. As we speak now, we’ve not heard anything from fair wages and our decision still stands that Wednesday God willing we are embarking on an industrial action i.e. strike,” he added.
