By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has warned it will go ahead with its planned strike if government fails to meet their demands.
The union’s planned nationwide strike is necessitated by the government’s failure to negotiate their conditions of service.
According to the General Secretary of UTAG, Dr. Eliasu Mumuni, discussions on base pay, based on market premiums, are the single most important issue that will make them rescind their decision.
Speaking to journalists in Accra, Dr. Mumuni said UTAG members would meet to announce a date for their planned nationwide 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 noted.
