The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), the Federation of Senior Staff Associations of Ghana (FUSSAG), and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union of the Trade Union Congress (TEWU-TUC) have threatened to strike on August 9 if the government does not address their concerns regarding vehicle maintenance allowances by August 8, 2024.
Despite a previous agreement reached with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the unions claim that the Finance Ministry has not issued an authorization letter for payment, despite multiple discussions.
The unions have now given the government a deadline of the end of the working day on Thursday, August 8, to meet their demands or face industrial action.
In a statement dated Monday, August 5, the unions warned, “The unions have given the government until the close of work on Thursday, August 8, to release the letter.
If this is not done, we will be compelled to take industrial action on August 9, 2024.
SSA-UoG, FUSSAG, and TEWU (TUC) are committed to fighting for the rights of their members and will not rest until justice is achieved.”
“The Fair Wags and Salaries Commission has done the needful by writing to the Ministry for Finance for payment to be effected.
We have tried to engage the Ministry on several occasions to release a letter to that effect so our members could be paid but the Ministry has refused.”
“Now the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission is ordering the universities not to pay the new rate until a letter from the Ministry authorizing the payment is released.
In that case, even those who are receiving the new rate are going to be denied the new rate while those who are on the Controller payroll still remain where they are,” the statement further alleged.
