The Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) of TUC (Ghana) has called on President John Mahama’s administration to expedite the conclusion and implementation of the reviewed conditions of service under negotiation with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).
In a statement issued on January 14, 2025, TEWU’s General Secretary, King James Azortibah, expressed concern over stalled negotiations that previously led to a nationwide strike in November 2024.
Despite assurances from FWSC, the union says no progress has been made, leaving members in sectors such as the Ghana Education Service (GES), Ghana Museums and Monuments Board, Ghana Library Authority (GLA), and public universities in limbo.
Azortibah appealed to the government to act swiftly to resolve the issue, emphasizing the urgency of implementing the revised terms to improve workers’ welfare. He also called for greater inclusion of TEWU in national socio-economic policy reviews.
“TEWU of TUC(Ghana), would like to urge the new government not to see labour as an afterthought, when taking major socio-economic policy decisions, like any review of the Free Senior High School Programme, the 1992 Constitution, Ghana-IMF agreements, among others. Labour’s input must be sought and seriously factored into any such future reviews because the cumulative negative effect is borne by Ghanaian workers both in the formal and informal sectors”.
In addition, TEWU appealed to President Mahama to ensure that public universities discourage the formation of tribal unions.
“It is the expectation of the TEWU of TUC (Ghana) that the new government will denounce the actions of this management in the public universities who are bent on promoting the formation of rival Trade Unions for parochial interest and get the relevant state agencies to bring such officers pursuing the illegalities to order.”
