The Judicial Services Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has given the government a week to resolve its complaints about working conditions.
This is the result of a meeting between JUSAG and the Chief Justice.
The union intended to strike in response to the government’s refusal to evaluate members’ salaries and allowances.
According to Alex Nartey, National President of JUSAG, “we are deferring or putting our strike on hold to enable the Chief Justice to do whatever he intends to do.”
“We are going back to work while the Chief Justice and the leadership of JUSAG engage with the government to find a solution to the problem.”
Mr. Nartey emphasized that the settlement did not imply that the strike threat had been lifted.
“This support does not erode the right of workers of the Judicial Service to resort to industrial action. The workers are not comfortable. They have only deferred their grief out of the respect they have for the Chief Justice.”
“If after the one week, there is a clear indication the government only hid behind the chief justice, we will not be inhibited to exercise the rights that the law has conferred on us,” he added.
JUSAG last went on strike on November 13, 2019, because the government neglected to examine its members’ salaries.
JUSAG said at the time that the Judicial Council had neglected to provide a report on its talks for approval by the President.
The strike caused havoc in the courts throughout the country.
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