{"id":228250,"date":"2024-10-08T15:43:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/08\/organised-labours-strike-at-risk-as-members-divided-over-lack-of-consultation\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:43:42","slug":"organised-labours-strike-at-risk-as-members-divided-over-lack-of-consultation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/08\/organised-labours-strike-at-risk-as-members-divided-over-lack-of-consultation\/","title":{"rendered":"Organised Labour\u2019s strike at risk as members divided over lack of consultation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/702\/70226209.295.jpg\" alt=\"Organised Labour's strike faces internal rift\" title=\"Organised Labour's strike faces internal rift\" width=\"295\" height=\"207\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Organised Labour&#8217;s strike faces internal rift<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Some concerned members of the Organised Labour Union have expressed their displeasure over the lack of consultation by the leadership in their decision to declare a strike action on October 10, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The group, which calls itself \u2018Concerned Members of Organised Labour,\u2019 stated that they are disappointed in their leadership for not seeking their opinions regarding the strike before making a decision.<\/p>\n<p>They called on the leadership to show them the document comprising the details of their engagement with the government over the illegal mining activities, locally known as galamsey, before the date scheduled for the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are all part of Organised Labour and condemn illegal mining in the strongest terms. However, our major issue lies with how the leadership has rushed to declare this strike without involving us. We have not been involved in any of the activities that they have been doing. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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. We want to see the document they have presented to the government to address this menace,\u201d the group said, as quoted by asaaseradio.com.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Organised Labour served notice that it will embark on a strike on October 10, 2024, if the government fails to respond to the calls.<\/p>\n<p>The labour group has met with the government to discuss their request for a ban on illegal mining activities across the nation; however, no agreement was reached.<\/p>\n<p>Religious leaders, political figures, and state institutions have all added their voices for the galamsey menace to end.<\/p>\n<p>Some aggrieved Ghanaians embarked on a three-day strike, calling on the government to take action against galamsey.<\/p>\n<p>SB\/AE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organised Labour&#8217;s strike faces internal rift Some concerned members of the Organised Labour Union have expressed their displeasure over the lack of consultation by the leadership in their decision to declare a strike action on October 10, 2024. The group, which calls itself \u2018Concerned Members of Organised Labour,\u2019 stated that they are disappointed in their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Organised Labour\u2019s strike at risk as members divided over lack of consultation - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/08\/organised-labours-strike-at-risk-as-members-divided-over-lack-of-consultation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Organised Labour\u2019s strike at risk as members divided over lack of consultation - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Organised Labour&#8217;s strike faces internal rift Some concerned members of the Organised Labour Union have expressed their displeasure over the lack of consultation by the leadership in their decision to declare a strike action on October 10, 2024. 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