The Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU) has suspended its strike action protesting the government’s inability to come to a consensus on their condition of service.
The General Secretary for The Teachers’ and Educational Workers’ Union (TEWU), Mark Dankyira Korankye, announced the association’s decision to embark on a strike action last Wednesday, January 13, 2021.
“We are saying our conditions of service would have to be concluded, because in the conditions of service, we are supposed to be given other allowances which other entities get, but we don’t get at the moment. The onus lies on the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. If they had paid attention to us to conclude the negotiations, such a situation would not have occurred,” General Secretary for TEWU, Mark Dankyira Korankye told Ekourba Gyasi.
But in a new statement from TEWU, the association says it has suspended the strike action following an an agreement with Government.
“The Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union, TEWU, National Leadership in consultation with the Local Executives of the Public Universities hereby resolve to suspend the industrial action embarked upon by the Union in demand for some conditions of service.
“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.
“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,” portions of the statement from TEWU says.
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