Organised Labour has announced that it would go ahead with its decision to embark on the nationwide strike action.
The Labour Party announced it will embark on a nationwide strike action planned for Thursday, October 10, 2024.
President Akufo-Addo asked them to give him more time after he had met with them last week.
But Organised Labour says it was dissatisfied with President Akufo-Addo’s response to their demands.
Speaking to the media on Monday, October 7, the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Joshua Ansah, noted that unless there is a significant action taken by the government, they will embark on the strike.
“We have concluded as follows; our strike remains unchanged,’ he stated.
“We are of the view that what the government has proposed does not adequately address our demands, and therefore our notice of strike remains unchanged.”
In a related development, some of the unions, including the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), are not happy at how their leaders communicated the intended strike action.
Dr. Solomon Fokuo, a member of TUTAG, expressed these concerns to journalists in Kumasi and said, “We are all against galamsey. We are against all those who are destroying our waterbodies and the environment, and we urge the government to use legal means to stop it to protect our environment, but the major concern is what organised labour is talking about.
“They have decided to declare a strike on October 10, but we were not consulted, and we have not been involved and are not aware.
“We have not been involved in any of the activities that they have been doing. We don’t know where they get their energy from, and if they had used the same energy in fighting for our welfare, things would have been better.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana