Workers at the Kumasi Airport employed by the private security firm G7 Security System have gone on strike for many months due to non-payment of their salaries.
They’re still upset about the airport’s bad working conditions.
The workers’ vote has had an effect on airport operations, as construction workers working on phase two of the airport project have been denied entry to some areas of the facility.
The approximately 80 employees who have left their jobs to protest complain that, in addition to not getting compensated for some time, audits at the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) found that management of the Airport owes them years of SSNIT contributions.
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They say that after taking the job, they have been required to wear only one uniform to work.
They have sent managers of the facility until the end of the day to answer any of their complaints, and they can only come to work after their complaints have been resolved.
“We are three months behind on our wages and are demanding payment. We’re going to give them 24 hours. We’ve been employed in one suit for four years, with no raincoats; when it rains, we work in the rain. Almost every spot, including the Presidential lodge, is under our jurisdiction. We did a presentation last week, and they offered to compensate us all of our arrears by Wednesday, but we just got one month. We’d want the remainder of our wages as well as our SSNIT fees. “They haven’t been paying our SSNIT,” one of the staff complained.
“Each day you label us for GHS 22, but if you absence yourself for one day, you subtract GHS 50 from our salary, and our pay is not even up to GHS 700,” another worker said. They issued us the same outfit when they hired us, and we’ve been wearing it for years. They consider us to be nothing. It’s hard sometimes though you’re ill and need permission.”
Meanwhile, the airport’s administration and security personnel’s leadership are meeting to discuss the situation.
SOURCE: ATLFMONLINE
