The Teachers’ and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) has suspended its nationwide strike.
The Association arrived at the consensus after a meeting with its leadership and government on, Monday, January 18, 2021.
In a statement issued and signed by its National Chairman, Ambrose Yao Adzodza and the General Secretary of the Association, Mark Korankye, it explained their reasons for calling off the strike action.
“We have come to an agreement with Government on the issues we presented and therefore there is the need to suspend the strike action for now”.
It further urged its members to resume work today, Tuesday, January 19, 2021.
“We therefore call on our members on the various University campuses to resume work tomorrow, 19th January, 2021 whiles Leadership continues to engage with Government for the implementation of the agreement.”
TEWU declared an indefinite strike nationwide on Wednesday, 13th January 2021, to demand better conditions of service.
It has been in talks with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission since June 2019 on the Review of the Conditions of Service for Unionized Staff of the Public Universities.
Meanwhile, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) chapter of the Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) have has revealed that meetings with stakeholders over the ongoing strike have ended inconclusively.
The union says it wants more concrete commitment from the government before calling off the strike.
The KNUST chairman for TEWU, Charles Arthur, speaking in an interview said, they do not have ample reasons to call off the strike action.
“We have not seen any concrete evidence that will enable us to rescind our decision. As a result, we are still on strike waiting for the government to come out with a clear commitment”.
The members of TEWU exempted from the strike are security personnel, hospital workers and payroll staff.
But Mr. Arthur said the union could withdraw full services if there is no further progress.
“We may be tempted to review it and if we do that, it will affect the running of the university. So, we are saying the government should do its best in ensuring it will give us a concrete commitment”.
Charles Arthur
The Teachers and Education Workers Union (TEWU) resolved to withdraw its services due to the inability of the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to reach an agreement over improve conditions of service.
According to the Union, it was unfortunate that for almost two years, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission has not been able to finalize issues on its condition of service, while members continue to work under very difficult situation.
Government reacting to the declaration of a nationwide strike by the Union on Wednesday January 13, 2020, expressed its commitment to address the concerns of the Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) over their working conditions.
