General News of Thursday, 1 November 2012
Source: radioxyzonline.com
The Minister for Employment and Social Welfare, Moses Asaga, has described the strike by the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, (CLOGSAG) as a “betrayal of trust”.
CLOSAG’s Ashanti regional branch on Wednesday directed its representatives across the country to close their offices for a sit-down strike until further notice.
The labour union is protesting delays in the payment of some top up allowances following their migration onto the Single Spine Salary Structure.
Reacting to the strike Moses Asaga said CLOSAG’s action makes it unnecessary for negotiations, which were ongoing prior to the strike, to continue.
“Now that they have betrayed us it means there is nothing for negotiations because I thought all along we were working with trust and respect but if they can decide to go on a sit down strike without meeting me or the Minister for Finance then it is unfortunate”.
Meanwhile, CLOGSAG has defended its reasons for the strike action.
Greater Accra Regional Secretary Sam Collison says no good has resulted from all the meetings held with the ministries engaged in the negotiations.
“All the meetings that we have had with the Finance Minister, no good thing has come out from it and if you read between the lines it doesn’t look like something good is coming from them”.