Four labour unions in Ghana’s public universities have announced a strike that will start on Monday, October 17, 2022, in protest of what they claim is a “unilateral” variation of agreed conditions of service.
The four unions are the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH), Senior Staff Association of the University of Ghana (SSA-UoG) and Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA).
The government has allegedly failed to comply with the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) directive to present the terms of payment for the primary points of contention—vehicle maintenance and off-campus allowances.
“As a result of this development, we write to communicate that the intended strike action of all labour unions in the public universities in Ghana is to commence from Monday, 17 October 2022 as the employer has, once again, failed to adhere to the directive of the NLC,” the statement said.
