The argument that Organised Labour is being unreasonable by insisting on a 60% increase in base pay for public sector employees has been refuted.
The government and Organized Labour’s negotiations over a new base pay have been put on hold indefinitely due to the parties’ inability to come to an agreement.
The government claims it can only offer 15% while Organised Labour is asking for 60%.
The Trades Union Congress’ Secretary General, Dr. Yaw Baah, disagrees with the notion that labour unions are insensitive given the current economic climate.
“We are not being inconsiderate, we are in a crisis and public sector workers are the ones providing services for over 30 million Ghanaians.”
“We do not think we are being unreasonable at all. We want to motivate these people who are working so hard to continue working so hard.
That is the only way we can recover.”
Organised labour is demanding a 60% increase in the base on the single spine salary structure to compensate workers for an unstable economic climate and high inflation.
