[ 2014-10-30 ]

Pension Controversy: Striking workers agree to negotiate with gov't
Striking public workers have agreed to return to
the negotiation table despite a suit filed by
government.

Negotiations between the two- striking workers and
government- to end a six day old strike stalled,
Tuesday, with the workers angry over government's
decision to send them to court.

The workers say government cannot send them to
court and to the National Labour Commission while
still inviting them for negotiations.

They ended Tuesday's meeting inconclusively with
the hope of soliciting legal advice from their
lawyers.

The workers wanted to find out from their lawyers
if it was possible to still negotiate with
government whilst the writ was still pending.

After that Joy News can confirm that the workers
have agreed to return to the negotiation table.

The decision to return, according to Joy News'
Fred Smith, coincided with government's decision
to withdraw complaints filed at the Labour
Commission.

Hopefully on Thursday the two groups would once
again try to find a solution to a strike that has
left students stranded and patients doomed.

Both teachers and health workers are part of the
12 labour unions that have gone on strike in
protest over what they say is government's poor
handling of the tier two pension scheme.

The workers are asking government to relinquish
the management of the tier two pension scheme to
the various labour unions- something government is
not ready to do.

They are also asking government to make public how
much has accrued to the tier two pension scheme
and the interest involved.

Government is yet to make that public even though
the sector Minister Haruna Iddrisu has promised
that the Bank of Ghana as well as the National
Pensions Regulations Authority will provide full
disclosure on the amount accrued to the tier two
pension scheme later this week.

Source - Joy News

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