The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has vowed to strike in order to seek improved working conditions.
The Vice President of NAGRAT, Jacob Anaaba, said at a press conference on Monday that “we can no longer survive the current economic malaise with the salary levels of the Ghanaian teacher.”
As a result, he said that the union wants the government to begin discussions aimed at assessing teachers’ conditions of service.
“NAGRAT calls on the government to reconvene an emergency joint public service negotiation committee to review the salaries of the Ghanaian Worker and, for that matter, the Ghanaian teacher.”
It also asked organized labor leadership to “immediately take steps to put pressure on governments to take decisions to improve the wherewithal of the Ghanaian worker.”
NAGRAT promised its members that “we will soon embark on a series of actions to drum home the suffering of the Ghanaian worker.”
The union thus urged them “to stand in readiness for action.”
NAGRAT last went on strike in September 2019.
NAGRAT advocated for a 15 to 20% pay increase for employees ahead of May Day.
However, in July, the Trades Union Congress agreed to a 4% increase in 2021 and a 7% increase in 2022.
The TUC has advised unions that are dissatisfied with the base pay increases for public sector employees for 2021 and 2022 to exercise restraint.
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