Organised Labour yesterday announced an indefinite nationwide strike, effective October 10, to exert pressure on the government to take decisive actions on the increasing spate of illegal mining (galamsey) in the country.
The decision, taken at an emergency meeting by the unions in Accra yesterday, follows the government's failure to meet a set of demands to clamp down on galamsey by September 30, 2024 which expired on Monday. "We are therefore calling on all workers to stay home starting Thursday October 10, 2024 until the government accede to our demands," a joint statement issued by Organised Labour said.
It was co-signed by the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana, Mr Joshua Ansah; the Chairman of Forum, Dr Isaac Bampoe Addo, and Deputy Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labour, Kenneth Koomson.
It is recalled that Organised Labour last month threatened to embark on series of demonstrations and a nationwide strike if the President failed to meet some demands, including a declaration of a state of emergency on galamsey.