UTAG to strike if govt fails to meet its needs: (Strike date update)

UTAG to strike if the government fails to meet its needs. It has also revealed its next line of action and provided an update on the looming Strike date

Fresh labour unrest and strike action will hit the government if it fails to meet the demands of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The association says it will embark on its planned nationwide strike.

Its leadership disclosed that the government has failed to negotiate its conditions of service. The bone of contention sparking the fresh threat to strike relates to unresolved discussions between UTAG and the government on base pay, based on market premiums, which are the single most important issue that will make them rescind their decision.

In an interview with journalists in Accra, The General Secretary of UTAG, Dr. Eliasu Mumuni, said the members of UTAG will convene a meeting soon and announce the date for the strike.

“We need that collective permission for membership to say we are behind you, so go ahead. And within this period, we are working on that and prompting the NLC that this is how far we think we can come with the government when it has to do with our conditions of service.”

“So within the period, if they are not able to reach us and we have gone through the formality of engaging all the membership of all the 15 campuses, as well as prompting the Labour Commission, then we are good to go,” he said.

READ: TUTAG and UTAG unions walkout during a stalemate with Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC)

Along the same lines, on Wednesday, UTAG and TUTAG both left a meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).

The associations stated that the commission’s poor behaviour, disdain, and indifference towards discussing the crucial elements of their service conditions were the reasons behind this.

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They made it clear that they would not stand for the continued indifference and contempt shown to their efforts to better their working circumstances.

University professors would soon get their opinions heard in a language that employers and policymakers can understand, and UTAG/TUTAG would refuse to participate in pointless meetings.