Four worker unions in the public universities of Ghana will strike from October 17 to demand better conditions of service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They had suspended an earlier strike threat after meeting with the National Labour Commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But following the meeting, the unions say the government has not met its side of the bargain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a statement, the unions said they were expecting the government to present terms of payment and other related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHowever, the Employer failed to present the \u201cterms of payment\u201d for the Vehicle Maintenance and Off-Campus Allowances, which are the main issues in contention, as directed by the NLC,\u201d the unions noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to them, the government instead suggested the formation of a 10-member committee to address only the Off-Campus Allowance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe leaders of the four (4) Labour Unions rejected the \u201csuggestion\u201d and rather pushed for an enforcement of the 2022 adjusted fuel ex-pump rate of GH\u00a210.99, thus, the meeting ended in a stalemate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unions set to strike are the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Tertiary Education Workers Union (TEWU), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), and the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n