{"id":138180,"date":"2024-01-12T08:37:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T08:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/well-go-ahead-with-strike-if-govt-fails-to-meet-our-needs\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T08:37:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T08:37:24","slug":"well-go-ahead-with-strike-if-govt-fails-to-meet-our-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/12\/well-go-ahead-with-strike-if-govt-fails-to-meet-our-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ll go ahead with strike if govt fails to meet our needs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is bent on embarking on its planned nationwide strike over what it deems as the government\u2019s failure to negotiate their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>The General Secretary of UTAG, Dr. Eliasu Mumuni, says discussions on base pay, based on market premiums, are the single most important issue that will make them rescind their decision.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to journalists in Accra, Dr. Mumuni said UTAG members would meet to announce a date for their strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need that collective permission for membership to say we are behind you, so go ahead. And within this period, we are working on that and prompting the NLC that this is how far we think we can come with the government when it has to do with our conditions of service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo within the period, if they are not able to reach us and we have gone through the formality of engaging all the membership of all the 15 campuses, as well as prompting the Labour Commission, then we are good to go,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, UTAG and the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) on Wednesday walked out of a meeting with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).<\/p>\n<p>The associations cited the commission\u2019s bad faith, contempt, and lackadaisical attitude towards the discussion of the very important aspects of their conditions of service as reasons.<\/p>\n<p>They stressed that they would no longer countenance the gross disrespect and lack of commitment towards their quest for improvement in their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>They insisted that UTAG\/TUTAG wouldn\u2019t be part of meetings that do not yield benefits and warned that the voices of university lecturers would be heard soon in the language better understood by the employer or the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter!\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1f310.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf10\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1f4f0.svg.svg+xml\" alt=\"\ud83d\udcf0\"\/>\u00a0#StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is bent on embarking on its planned nationwide strike over what it deems as the government\u2019s failure to negotiate their conditions of service. 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