The Cocoa Carriers Association has called off its indefinite sit-down strike, which began on Monday, October 7, 2024.
This decision came after a significant meeting with the management of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC) and a representative from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
In an interview with Channel One News on Tuesday, Raymond Atanga Abobiga, the National Chairman of the Cocoa Carriers Association, mentioned that management has requested workers to return to their positions and has assured them that their concerns regarding working conditions will be addressed within a week.
He noted that workers at the Tema, Takoradi, and Kumasi depots of CMC have resumed their duties, with optimism that their grievances will be resolved within the promised timeframe.
“We negotiated with our directors and COCOBOD and we concluded that we have to continue working while they sit down and reconsider our increment. So we decided to work today [Tuesday, October 8] and also expect something good from them.
“But then, when we reported for work today, the information came that I was not supposed to work but my colleagues in Kumasi persisted that if I was not working, then they were also not working so a call came from the top management, and they said, I should work.
“So right now, Tema is working, Takoradi is working, and Kumasi, we are also working. That is the current situation of the strike now. We respect the opinion that they want to sit down and attend or respond to us in one week, and that is because we also feel the need to offload the cocoa that is in the tracks for the safety of the country,” he stated.
