The Senior Staff Association-Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG), the Federation of Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG), and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union of Trade Union Congress (TEWU-TUC) are threatening to strike on August 9 if the government fails to address their concerns relating to vehicle maintenance allowance by August 8, 2024.
Following an earlier threat to strike, the government through the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, reached an agreement with the unions.
However, according to the unions, the Finance Ministry has refused to release an authorisation letter for payment despite several engagements.
The unions have therefore given the government until the close of the working day on Thursday, August 8, to meet their demands or wrath.
The three unions in a statement dated Monday, August 5, threatened that, “The Unions have given the government (Ministry) up to the close of work on Thursday 8th August to release the letter. Failure to do so will result in the Unions being forced to take industrial action on the 9th of August, 2024. The SSA-UoG, FUSSAG and TEWU (TUC) are committed to fighting for the rights of its members and will not rest until justice is served.”
“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.
