The Tertiary Education Workers’ Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has accused the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) of treating them unfairly.
This comes on the heels of GTEC’s decision to recognise the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU-TUC) as the official representative of non-teaching staff on university governing councils.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Tuesday, June 24, the National Chairman of TEWU-GH, Sulemana Abdul Rahaman, noted that the move defies logic and undermines democratic labour representation, given that TEWU-TUC lacks membership in institutions it is now expected to represent.
According to him, GTEC had previously pledged to meet both unions for consultations before any decision on which of the unions that represent the workers would be made. However, the meeting has not taken place.
He demanded the immediate withdrawal of the letter from the GTEC Director-General, calling it premature and disrespectful to the union’s majority standing.
“Just last week, we met with the GTEC and his team, and he promised to engage the two unions on June 25, which is in two days to come. That meeting has not been organised yet, and you went ahead to issue a letter asking our members not to go to the university councils. We see this as very unfair. The GTEC director must withdraw this letter with immediate effect,” he said.
Meanwhile, TEWU-GH has issued a seven-day ultimatum to GTEC to rescind its decision.
GTEC declares TEWU-TUC sole representative on governing councils of public universities