NLC Invites GBC Staff, FWSC Over Allowances
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has invited the leadership of the aggrieved staff of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC).
The invitation follows the workers’ decision to embark on an indefinite industrial action at the end of this week due to the cancellation of allowances for certain employees by the FWSC.
The FWSC is said to have notified the NLC about the intended strike on Monday, June 5, leading to their invitation by the Commission on June 6.
In a letter, the NLC said, “We have received a complaint, dated 5th June 2023, filed by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), notifying the National Labour Commission of a threat of strike by the staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). According to the notice, ‘the workers have threatened to embark on a series of industrial actions unless the FWSC restores the payment of allowances to some staff of GBC that it had withheld’.”
The meeting to resolve the dispute will be held on June 7 at 1 pm.
With the intervention of the Commission, it is expected that the GBC staff will abandon the planned strike.
