The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has suspended its two-week nationwide strike with immediate effect.
This follows discussions with the National Labour Commission and the government with the NLC subsequently directing TEWU-GH to suspend the strike and engage with the government regarding the allowance matter.
Following an emergency meeting on February 15, 2024, in Accra, the union’s National Executive Council resolved to suspend the ongoing strike.
Members of the Union suspended work on February 1 over non-payment of their vehicle maintenance allowances and other conditions of service.
View the full statement below
The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) of the public universities in Ghana declared an indefinite strike on February 1st 2024, leadership subsequently directed all members to continue the strike action on 12th February 2024, to press home our demands.
The leadership of TEWU-GH was invited by the National Labour Commission (NLC) on 14th February 2024, in attendance from Government representatives was the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).
After a series of discussions with the National Labour Commission and the government, NLC directed the union to suspend the strike action and engage the Government to resolve the issue of the vehicle maintenance allowance to our members.
As we are all aware, the government denied some of our members the vehicle maintenance allowance payment which compelled the union to embark on an indefinite strike action.
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) had an emergency meeting today 15th February 2024, in Accra and a resolution was passed, that ongoing strike should be suspended and engage with the Government as directed.
In view of the above, we wish to announce that the ongoing strike action is suspended with immediate effect.
All local executives are requested to disseminate this information/directives to their rank and file for compliance.
Leadership wish to thank all members for their tireless support during this industrial action, for your support we shall be treated with dignity to improve our working conditions in the public university campuses.
Thank you
Long Live TEWU-GH on the university campuses in Ghana.
Thank you.
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