[ 2014-10-21 ]

Labour confirm strike tomorrow
Labour unions will from Wednesday, October 22
embark on an indefinite strike.

According to them, the action has become necessary
because of government’s failure to pay their
tier two pension contributions .

The unions that declared the strike include the
Health Services Workers’ Union, Ghana Registered
Nurses’ Association, Ghana Medical Association,
Ghana Physician Assistants’ Association,
Government and Hospitals Pharmacists’
Association and the Ghana Association of Certified
Registered Anesthetists.

The rest are the Coalition of Concerned Teachers,
Ghana National Association of Teachers, Teachers
and Education Workers Union, National Association
of Graduate Teachers, Judicial Services Staff
Association of Ghana and the Civil and Local
Government Staff Association of Ghana.

They have directed all their members to stay away
from their offices from Wednesday “until further
directives are issued.”

Speaking at a press conference on behalf of the
labour unions in Accra, the acting General
Secretary of the Health Services Workers’ Union,
Reynolds Tenkorang said the unions had on several
occasions complained to the President on the
release of their pension funds, but all fell on
deaf ears.

He added that they also petitioned the
Parliamentary Select Committee on Employment,
Social Welfare and State Enterprises but that also
yielded no results.

He said; “we wish the press to also note that
during the period, there have been countless
meetings and interactions with the body mandated
to oversee pensions in Ghana, that is the National
Pensions Regulatory Authority.”

According to Reynolds Tenkorang, the first
beneficiaries of the tier two pension scheme are
supposed to receive their lump sum next year
adding that “they are in the dark as to where to
claim the second tier benefits.”

The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations,
Haruna Iddrisu has told Citi News that he was
hoping for a quick resolution of the matter after
a number of meetings with labour over the matter.

He said government was working hard to resolve
their concerns.

Source - Citifmonline

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