{"id":62785,"date":"2023-05-01T11:43:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T11:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/01\/medical-lab-professionals-give-govt-may-15-ultimatum-threaten-strike\/"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T11:43:44","slug":"medical-lab-professionals-give-govt-may-15-ultimatum-threaten-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/05\/01\/medical-lab-professionals-give-govt-may-15-ultimatum-threaten-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Lab Professionals give gov&#8217;t May 15 ultimatum; threaten strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"351\"  alt=\"\" title=\"MELPWU General Secretary\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MELPWU-General-Secretary.jpg\" data- class=\"entry-thumb lazyload\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"351\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/MELPWU-General-Secretary.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"MELPWU General Secretary\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">General Secretary of MELPWU Cephas Kofi Akortor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) has hinted of a nationwide strike following members\u2019 complaint about the absence of conditions of service.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They claim they have worked without conditions of service for decades and it is about time government, their employers, signed their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>They served notice that if by Monday, May 15, government does not heed to their concerns, they will \u201cadvise themselves\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment, that is the President, should give attention to our request to grant us a condition of service,\u201d General Secretary Cephas Kofi Akortor told\u00a0<strong>Media General<\/strong>\u2018s Tanko Mohammed Rabiu during the 2023 May Day celebration in Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a primary or basic requirement for an employee to have a condition of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before speaking on Monday, May 1 at the grounds, MELPWU had issued a statement about its happiness to join the celebration for the first time since becoming a union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider our involvement in the celebration as a milestone in our struggle to secure the best welfare for our teaming members in the medical laboratory field,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n<p>It complained about the seeming nonchalance of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) on members\u2019 request for negotiations on their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn view of the lack of response, the Union has formally reported Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to the National Labour Commission for the necessary action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall continue to use the laid down channels, but as a Union, which bears the concerns and increasing frustrations of medical laboratory professionals, we appear to be running out of patience and may advise ourselves in the near future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwame_amoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @kwame_amoh<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General Secretary of MELPWU Cephas Kofi Akortor The Medical Laboratory Professional Workers Union (MELPWU) has hinted of a nationwide strike following members\u2019 complaint about the absence of conditions of service. 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