[ 2011-04-08 ]

TEWU briefs members on progress made about single spine
The Teachers and Educational Workers' Union (TEWU)
of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has assured
its members that the union is making progress in
its discussions with stakeholders on the Single
Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).

It therefore called on those contemplating to
undertake industrial action to exercise restraint
while the Union, Managements and Fair Wages and
Salaries Commission (FWSC) worked to ensure smooth
implementation of the SSSS in the best interest of
all.

A press release jointly signed by Mr Peter K.
Lumor, National Chairman and Mr D. Ayim Antwi,
General Secretary on Thursday in Accra said TEWU
had provided information about levels it had
reached and what had been achieved.

It indicated for instance that the Ghana Museums
and Monuments Board employees had been migrated
onto the SSSS since January 2011 and plans were
far advanced to migrate those at the Ghana Library
Board onto it.

On the Ghana Institute of Journalism, some
grades/jobs have been re-evaluated by the FWSC and
the new placements on the SSSS are yet to be
released.

For the Ghana Education Service, it said
discussions between the FWSC, Management of the
GES and TEWU on the payment of the 15 percent
retention premium to the non-teaching personnel
was on-going.

The release said the Union had demanded that the
payment of the allowance should be extended to all
classes of non-teaching personnel.

It is expected that the discussions would be
completed before April 15, 2011 and that the
agreement and the resultant arrears would be
implemented at the end of April, the release
added.

Furthermore the release said representatives of
unions in the Ghana Education Service; TEWU, Ghana
National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and
National Association of Graduate Teachers
(NAGARAT) are currently deliberating on a joint
proposals on Categories Two and Three Allowances
for negotiation with management and the FWSC.

Category Two is in respect of special
circumstances that is acting allowance and
transfer grants whereas category Three deals with
welfare related issues example night allowance,
funeral grants and maintenance allowance.

The release said the FWSC had released a timetable
for the negotiations of Categories Two and Three
allowances with the respective service
classifications.

On Public Universities, it said the Vice
Chancellors Ghana (VCG) and organized labour in
the public universities including TEWU, Federation
of University Senior Staff Associations of Ghana
(FUSSAG), Ghana Association of University
Administrators (GAUA) and the University Teachers
Association of Ghana (UTAG) are working with the
FWSC to ensure the smooth migration of the
personnel onto the SSSS.

On the Polytechnics, it said some grades/jobs had
been re-evaluated by the FWSC for appropriate
placements on the SSSS.

The release said the Conference of Rectors of
Polytechnics and Organised Labour in the
Polytechnics; TEWU, Polytechnic Administrators’
Association of Ghana and Polytechnic Teachers
Association of Ghana have worked on harmonized
proposals of Categories Two and Three Allowances
for the consideration of the FWSC.

Source - GNA

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