The National Labour Commission(NLC) has directed the leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) to call off its industrial strike and is expected to be at a meeting rescheduled to Wednesday, July 10.
Speaking during an interview on Accra-based Citi FM, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Ofosu Asamoah, explained that, though the association refused to show up during the first meeting, with reference to sections 136 and 178 of the Labour Act, the commission is urging them to show up during the next meeting.
“Upon their notice, we requested the ministries involved to respond as well as the Office of the Senior Presidential Advisor who is leading the ministerial committee on the negotiation which they duly did and for that matter, a meeting was scheduled and they wrote to us challenging the constitution of the panel.
“So the commission has looked at it and we have been directed to respond referencing them to sections 136 and 178 of the Labour Act and then reschedule a meeting for July 10. Meanwhile, they are to call off the strike”, he said.
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) declared a nationwide strike beginning Wednesday, July 3, 2024.
The strike according to the association is in response to the government’s failure to implement the proposed new salary structure approved by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission after one and a half years since a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was reached.
