AdvertisementThe Civic Labour Commission (NLC) has directed the three afflicted tertiary abecedary unions to append its intension to bang and arise afore it abutting week

The Chief Agents Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), the Federation of Chief Agents Association of Ghana (FUSSAG), the Teachers and Educational Workers Union of Trade Union Congress (TEWU- TUC) accept threatened to bang on August 8 over Vehicle Maintenance Allowance (VMA) and added accompanying allowances

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Ofosu Asamoah, said the affair with assembly of the unions has become all-important because they accept not complied with the appropriate aeon of notice

"This was done on the 5th, (intention to strike) and you are activity on bang on Thursday. It avalanche abbreviate of the law, back you appetite to bang a apprehension should be accustomed to the Civic Labour Commission and your administration not the press," he explained

"I am administering a letter to be accounting anon to booty them afore the Commission for us to attending at the issue. We can't acquiesce to beddy-bye on the affair to acquiesce the bang to appear on," Mr Asamoah noted

He bidding affair about the arbitrary labour practices by both the employer and some labour unions

The Executive Secretary explained that if parties abort to accede with the charge of the Labour Commission, there will be added strikes

"The strikes accept been too repetitive not because Labour Commission is not accomplishing its work, it is aloof that the tripartite has consistently bootless to acquittal it duties," he lamented

However, a affiliate of the Civic Executive Council of the Chief Agents Association of Ghana, James Banoeng Yakubo said, they will advance with the bang admitting calls by the NLC to append it

"I am adage it on authority, Civic Labour Commission is acquainted of this case. We are not on bang as we speak. If you apprehend the letter, we are adage these are the accomplish we accept taken to boldness the affair not to appear to the media, but the Ministry of Finance, let's aloof point it at the aperture footfall of the Ministry of Finance, because Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has done its allotment so that everybody will apperceive that the Ministry of Finance is not alive up to it duties," he said

Mr Yakubu added that, "The civic administration is in Kumasi, yet any time NLC calls they are in town. This shows the charge that we are authoritative to analytic the botheration not aloof advancing to the media and I accept to accompaniment is actually here, chief staff, we are not aloof absorbed in embarking on strike. The government of the day is the one that is declining us." Read also: SSA-UoG, FUSSAG and TEWU serve apprehension to bang on August 9