The National Labour Commission (NLC) has taken legal action against the ongoing strike by workers of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA), which began on November 12, 2024.
The strike is in protest of the newly implemented National Roads Authority Act, 2024 (Act 1118).
In a statement released earlier on the same day, the NLC highlighted that the strike did not adhere to the legal procedures outlined in the Labour Act, 2023 (Act 651).
The commission had previously instructed the workers to suspend the strike and comply with the legal process.
However, despite this directive, NLC Executive Secretary Ofosu Asamoah confirmed in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Citi FM that the commission had initiated legal proceedings due to the workers’ refusal to follow the prescribed process.
“They did not follow the due process the law provides for that you should give the labour commission at least seven days’ notice, two notices to the commission and then to your employers and in their case even when it comes to the declaration of strike it is done by the national union and not a divisional union.
“So in both cases they were wrong and you know earlier before the strike could take place the Ministry had petitioned the commission and they were summoned before the commission.
“We have initiated (legal action) it already. We are yet to be called. But in any case, if they decide to go back we will have to halt the court action and I think that it will be in their interest and the interest of all Ghanaians that once they have admitted before the commission that they had not followed the due process we expect them to respect our directive,” Asamoah stated.
