The College of Education Teachers’ Association of Ghana (CETAG) is embarking on a strike action today, January 6, 2023.
CETAG in a press release explained that the strike is a result of stakeholders’ failure to attach the needed seriousness to their concerns regarding Conditions of Service.
CETAG suspended its five-week industrial strike action on December 17, 2022, following a majority vote by the local branches under the association to call off their strike after the education minister assured to resolve their concerns within two weeks after suspension.
According to CETAG, “all the outstanding issues contained in the communiqué signed on 16th December 2022 which the Minister promised to resolve within two weeks after the suspension of the strike, remain unresolved to date.”
The statement indicated that “Following a meeting held between the Government Team and CETAG on 4th January 2023, the National Council of CETAG met to evaluate what transpired and concluded that the strike action which was suspended on 17th December 2022 shall resume on Friday, January 6, 2023, if the two days grace period given to the Minister expires without a resolution of the outstanding issues,”
CETAG also stated that the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) never took any steps to seek a financial mandate from the Finance Ministry for the three outstanding generic allowances as promised.
According to CETAG, they can no longer trust the assurances given by the stakeholders to seek a further financial mandate for the three outstanding generic allowances since all previous assurances were never fulfilled.
They further added that “GTEC has failed to disclose to CETAG the amount it has proposed to be paid as all-year-round work compensation as well as the time the payment shall be made.”
Below is the full statement
