Following an agreement with the government, the University Teachers Association of Ghana, UTAG, has said that it has withdrawn its intention to resume its suspended strike.
Prof. Solomon Nunoo, President of UTAG, said following the Education Ministry’s statement that the agreement was reached “after more than five hours of negotiations.”
“Some of our members are not too happy with our agreement reached with the government which doesn’t satisfy all the things and aspirations we were hoping for, but all the same, we have reached something and for that matter, the intended strike will not come on.”
UTAG had urged its members to resume their previously suspended strike since talks with the government had remained fruitless a month after it had suspended the last strike.
UTAG wants the service conditions agreed upon with the government in 2012 to be reinstated.
The union wants the Basic plus Market Premium of a professor to be set at $2,084.42 in the 2012 terms of service.
It claims that the present arrangement has lowered the basic premiums of its members to $997.84.
Its members have been on strike since the beginning of August 2021, demanding that the government restore the service conditions agreed upon in 2012, which they claim are much better to the current situation.
The UTAG strike had a significant impact on academic and non-academic activities at different tertiary institutions.
The High Court’s Labour Division, 1 recommended the National Labour Commission (NLC) and UTAG to reach an out-of-court settlement over their industrial action.
UTAG has previously said that it would only call off its strike if negotiations with the government and the NLC are fruitful.
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