The National Labor Commission (NLC) has made some progress in negotiations with striking teachers.
At an important meeting held in Accra today, March 26, the committee resolved three of the nine concerns raised by the teachers’ union.
These issues include providing laptops, restoring salaries withheld by the Office of Special Prosecution (OSP), and establishing conditions of service for teachers.
The NLC said it would continue negotiations with teachers regarding the remaining six concerns.
Despite this progress, striking unions are still not backing down.
This comes days after the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) and Confederation of Concerned Teachers (CCT) declared a nationwide strike last week.
said in a previous interview joy news Ben Arthur, chief executive of the Fair Wages and Payroll Commission, questioned the motives behind the strike in PM Express on March 25.
“The question I would like to ask is the one that is missing from all your discussions, [whether] Our teachers, no matter how dissatisfied, [are] Beyond the laws of this country. Do you think there should be a country where teachers don’t respect the laws of this country? What kind of country would you like to live in? What do we want to teach our children? After all, by going on strike with pastors in the lead, we were not complying with the labor laws of this country. “There are procedures to follow,” he said.
Arthur said that despite procedures and regulations such as employer notification, the teachers union did not comply and went on strike with little concern for the repercussions.
“Whatever your grievance is, everyone has some type of grievance. But when you wake up and say you’re not going to comply even if you’re asked to go back to class, there’s no representative there.” The labor committee is incompetent. Are you saying that even the person you sent there is incompetent?” he added.
In the same conversation, the President of the Ghana National Teachers Association, Reverend Isaac Owusu, stressed that they would not call off the strike until their demands were met.
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