{"id":744293,"date":"2022-01-11T08:10:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T08:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/nlc-invites-utag-fair-wages-over-ongoing-strike\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T08:10:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T08:10:51","slug":"nlc-invites-utag-fair-wages-over-ongoing-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/nlc-invites-utag-fair-wages-over-ongoing-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"NLC invites UTAG, Fair Wages over ongoing strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"556\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1629323635_68_UTAG-1-696x556.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"UTAG\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The National Labour Commission (NLC) has invited the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for a meeting over the former\u2019s ongoing strike.  <\/p>\n<p>The meeting has been scheduled for 2:30 pm on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a letter addressed to UTAG and FWSC as well as key stakeholders in the impasse.<\/p>\n<p>The invitation follows UTAG\u2019s claim that the FWSC has delayed the release of the 2019 report of the Labour Market Survey (LMS).<\/p>\n<p>According to the Commission, \u201cUTAG should have complied with section 159 of Act 651 where the Commission would be served the required notice to enable it to intervene immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>UTAG on Monday January 10, 2022 embarked on an indefinite strike action over the government\u2019s failure to address the worsening conditions of service of lecturers.<\/p>\n<p>The Association, therefore, directed its members to cease all teaching and learning activities until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>To settle this, NLC in a statement said the meeting is for a \u201chearing of the issues in dispute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R<strong>ead the full statement below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14D7Biz8zx5PKRIZPFIJyCdWKSZAAamt1\/preview\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"K9HP4CWndHY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coach Milo, Ghanaians demand convincing win Against Morocco  - Fire for Fire on Adom TV (10-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K9HP4CWndHY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Logo The National Labour Commission (NLC) has invited the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for a meeting over the former\u2019s ongoing strike. The meeting has been scheduled for 2:30 pm on Wednesday, January 12, 2022. This was contained in a letter addressed to UTAG and FWSC [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-744293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}