The unions are: Teachers and Educational Workers Union of the Trade Union Congress (TEWU-TUC), Federation of Senior Staff Associations of Ghana (FUSSAG), and Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG).
The organizations are afraid that the accounts admiral has not beatific out a letter administering the acquittal of their Vehicle Maintenance Allowance (VMA) and added accordant allowances.
The three unions, in a account anachronous Monday, August 5, said, "The Unions accept accustomed the government (Ministry) up to the abutting of assignment on Thursday 8th August to absolution the letter. Failure to do so will aftereffect in the Unions actuality affected to booty automated activity on the 9th of August, 2024. The SSA-UoG, FUSSAG and TEWU (TUC) are committed to angry for the rights of its associates and will not blow until amends is served.
"The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has done the needful by autograph to the Admiral of Accounts for acquittal to be effected. We accept approved to appoint the Admiral on several occasions to absolution a letter to that aftereffect so our associates could be paid but the Admiral has refused," citinewsroom.com reports.
They additionally bemoaned the actuality that while universities anon active by the Controller and Accountant General were paid, including any arrears, universities accepting government subsidies were not.
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC), according to the unions, has chock-full the universities from advantageous the revised fee.
"Now the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission is acclimation the universities not to pay the new amount until a letter from the Admiral authorising the acquittal is released. In that case, alike those who are accepting the new amount are activity to be denied the new amount while those who are on the Controller amount still abide area they are.
"The Unions accept that the government is application Machiavellian approach to abjure us of an acceding accomplished with them," they added.
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