Aggrieved workers of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) have served a notice to strike on December 2 over the government’s inability to grant their demands and address their grievances.
A November 20 letter signed by the National Vice Chairman of the senior staff of the GHA, Emmanuel Asina, to the National Labour Commission, indicated that the intended strike is a way to demand a “cessation of the implementation of the National Roads Authority Act 2024, (Act 1118) pending consultation with all stakeholders, especially the workers of the Ghana Highway Authority.”
The aggrieved workers letter is also demanding a “revocation of all appointments made under the Act, (Act 1118)” including the “removal of Ing. I. K. Mensah, the GHA Board Chairman and Ing. Collins B. Donkor (retired), the GHA Chief Executive.”
The government has been given up to November 29 to address the demands of the workers.
Below is the full letter.
We, the Union and Senior Staff Association, representing workers of the Authority, hereby notify Management of our intention to embark on a nationwide strike action in support of the following demands contained in our petition to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana dated 21st October 2024:
1. Cessation of the implementation of the National Roads Authority Act 2024, (Act 1118) pending consultation with all stakeholders, especially the workers of the Ghana Highway Authority.
2. Revocation of all appointments made under the Act, (Act 1118), which appointments are in contravention of Article 195 of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
3. Fresh agency-wide consultation based on the World Bank Assisted ‘Diagnostic Study for Transforming Ghana Highway Authority (GHA),
2022.
4. Immediate removal of Ing. I. K. Mensah, the GHA Board Chairman and Ing. Collins B. Donkor (retired), the GHA Chief Executive.
Workers of GHA hereby inform the National Labour Commission that if by 29th November 2024, our demands are not granted, we shall embark on an indefinite nationwide strike action in accordance with the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651).
Particulars of Workers’ Strike Action
Reason: Ungranted Demands
Start date: Monday, 2nd December 2024
Duration: Indefinite
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