Concerned Grassroot of CETAG to embark on strike

 

The leadership of the concerned grassroots members of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana is threatening to embark on a strike over the government’s failure to implement the National Labour Commission’s arbitral awards, which are meant to improve the condition of service of colleges of education teachers.

 

The group is worried that despite protracted negotiations with the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission that lasted for over a year and resulted in mandatory arbitration before the National Labour Commission, the government has failed to adhere to its promises hence their intent to go on strike.

 

Clad in red head and handbands, the teachers chanted songs in displeasure over the government’s failure to adhere to a directive by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission and the National Labour Commission to improve their conditions of service.

Key among their demands is to migrate teachers of the colleges of education onto the same salary structure as their colleagues in other public universities.

 

They also want better conditions of service in the colleges of education while calling on the government to fully implement the CETAG arbitral awards, which will see members receive migration salaries.

The group is also pointing fingers at CETAG leadership, accusing them of being in bed with the government, culminating in their demands not being met.

 

Speaking at a press conference, Suleman Mohammed Mustapha, the group’s National Public Relations Officer, indicated that they will embark on strike if their demands, including being migrated onto the salary structure with university lecturers, are not met.

Some members of CETAG shared their frustrations on how the delays in adhering to their demands are affecting them, juxtaposing their struggles