The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective Thursday, January 2, 2025.
The announcement follows an Emergency National Council meeting held on December 30, 2024, where members resolved to take industrial action in response to unresolved issues with the government and other stakeholders.
According to a statement released by CETAG on December 31, 2024, the decision to strike follows repeated failures by the National Labour Commission (NLC) and other stakeholders to address critical concerns despite multiple notifications.
The key concerns outlined by CETAG include the government's non-compliance with the National Labour Commission's arbitration awards, the delayed migration of teaching staff onto affiliate universities' pay structures, unpaid compensation for all-year-round work done in 2022, prolonged delays in issuing appointment letters based on staff audit reports, unpaid book and research allowances for staff at Akrokerri College of Education, and the lack of enforcement by the NLC to compel compliance with its directives. "The employer's continuous violation of signed agreements and roadmaps on the outstanding compulsory arbitration award issued by the NLC on May 2, 2023, has left us with no choice," it noted.
