{"id":142493,"date":"2024-01-23T19:09:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/tewu-joins-public-universities-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:09:41","slug":"tewu-joins-public-universities-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/23\/tewu-joins-public-universities-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"TEWU Joins Public Universities\u2019 Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Mark Dankyira Korankye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Teachers and Educational Workers\u2019 Union (TEWU) of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC-GH), has associated itself with the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) in the issues culminating in the current nationwide strike action.<\/p>\n<p>The union, in a release signed by its General Secretary, Mark Dankyira Korankye, indicated that the demands for Tier-2 pension payment and the restoration of payments of stopped agreed allowances were among the myriad of issues listed on the petitions to the National Labour Commission (NLC) in October, 2023 which almost led to another joint non-teaching staff unions strike in the public universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is obvious that the patience of the universities workers has waned and the continued lethargy of government agencies in addressing labour issues will no more be entertained,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTEWU of TUC (GH) is by this statement calling on its members in the Public Universities to join the on-going strike in solidarity and especially on the non-payment of Tier-2 pension contributions by government that is outstanding for nine months,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>TEWU thus called on the government to immediately pay the nine months Tier 2 pension contributions arrears of workers of the Public Universities to ensure dignified retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to serve notice, and is hereby served that the Teachers and Educational Workers\u2019 Union (TEWU) of TUC (GH) has joined the strike declared by the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG).<\/p>\n<p>It is hoped that the smooth running of Ghana\u2019s Public Universities will be revered in a swift response of the government agencies to forestall disruptions in the academic calendar,\u201d Dankyira Korankye said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Nafisa Abdul Razak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Dankyira Korankye \u00a0\u00a0 The Teachers and Educational Workers\u2019 Union (TEWU) of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC-GH), has associated itself with the Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG) in the issues culminating in the current nationwide strike action. 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