The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has vowed to picket or strike if the management of Sunon Asogli Electricity Ghana Limited does not reinstate three sacked workers who are also local union leaders.
The warning comes after the union’s deadline for the corporation to restore workers whose contracts were reportedly terminated because they joined the Ghana Mine Workers Union, which is affiliated with the Trades Union Congress.
In a statement to the media, Joshua Ansah, Deputy Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress, stated that the union is dedicated to guaranteeing that the fired workers receive justice.
“So, we are reviewing our internal mechanisms which include serving notices to the appropriate agencies including the Public Order Act, and for our possible actions which include picketing and if we don’t still have an answer to our demand, it will be escalated into a possible strike action.”
“We are serving notice to the management of Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited, for them to actually listen and ensure that the three dismissed employees are reinstated otherwise or to avert possible actions from the whole workers of this very country against the company. Because we will not sit down and fold our arms for management to actually abuse our fundamental human rights.”
The union had already said unequivocally that it will not remain unconcerned about its members’ mistreatment.
“This fight is not going to end today; we are going to fight until our demand is met and our boys are reinstated. It’s our right and we think that workers’ rights cannot be trampled upon by employers,” Mr. Ansah said.
He did, however, charge the administration with interfering to prevent a possible strike.
“So, we are asking the government to direct the company to do what is right and to avert any possible industrial action in this very country. We mean it, and we are going to do it. Until our boys are reinstated until they stop abusing workers’ rights, until they do what is right, they will never see peace with workers of this very country”
