{"id":227374,"date":"2024-10-07T12:27:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/07\/internal-rift-emerges-in-organised-labour-over-planned-anti-galamsey-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T12:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T12:27:32","slug":"internal-rift-emerges-in-organised-labour-over-planned-anti-galamsey-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/07\/internal-rift-emerges-in-organised-labour-over-planned-anti-galamsey-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Internal rift emerges in Organised Labour over planned anti-galamsey strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tensions have surfaced within Organised Labour as its leadership holds a crucial meeting to finalize plans for a nationwide strike, intended to pressure the government into taking decisive action against illegal mining, known as \u201cgalamsey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dissatisfaction is brewing among some factions, particularly from the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) and other groups, who claim they were not consulted before the announcement of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>A faction, identifying themselves as \u201cConcerned Members of Organised Labour,\u201d has voiced opposition to how the strike decision was communicated. Although they support the fight against galamsey, they believe the leadership\u2019s approach to declaring the strike was improper.<\/p>\n<p>The group is calling on Organised Labour\u2019s leadership to suspend the strike and engage in further dialogue with the government.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Solomon Fokuo, a member of TUTAG, expressed these concerns to journalists in Kumasi, emphasizing that if the leadership had shown the same level of commitment to addressing the welfare of their members, the situation could have been handled more effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all against galamsey. We are against all those who are destroying our waterbodies and the environment and we urge the government to use legal means to stop it to protect our environment but the major concern is what Organised Labour is talking about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have decided to declare a strike on October 10 but we were not consulted and we have not been involved and are not aware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have not been involved in any of the activities that they have been doing. We don\u2019t know where they get their energy from and if they had used the same energy in fighting for our welfare, things would have been better.\u201d<\/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: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions have surfaced within Organised Labour as its leadership holds a crucial meeting to finalize plans for a nationwide strike, intended to pressure the government into taking decisive action against illegal mining, known as \u201cgalamsey.\u201d Dissatisfaction is brewing among some factions, particularly from the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) and other groups, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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