The workers made the appeal at a Wa Municipal Council of Labour
meeting held on Wednesday. The workers said traders after listening to the announcement of the increase in the daily minimum wage also increased the prices of their commodities thereby putting workers through untold hardships.
The workers suggested that if government could not pay workers
based on the new minimum wage one month after the announcement, then
it ought to delay the announcement till negotiations had been
concluded and agreed upon.
This, they said, would prevent traders from increasing prices of
commodities to create hardships for workers.
The National Tripartite Committee after a meeting held on
February 2, increased the minimum wage from GH¢3.11p to GH¢3.73p after
negotiations with the leadership of the various Labour Unions.
The new minimum wage took effect February 15, 2011 but had still
not been implemented.
Mr Adams Sandu, the Regional Secretary of the Trades Union
Congress (TUC), appealed to workers in both the private and public
sectors who were being paid below the minimum wage to report to the
TUC to have the matter addressed.
The workers called on the Unions to move from the use of TV sets
to award workers on the May Day celebration to fridges or motor bikes
in order to add more value to the occasion and to boost the confidence
of the workers.
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Workers Call Adjustment Of Salaries To Reflect Minimum Wage