CETAG Goes on Strike
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has declared an indefinite strike over their conditions of service.
The strike action which took effect on January 2 was decided by the National Council at an emergency meeting on December 30, 2024, it announced in a statement.
It follows earlier notices of strike served since September 2024 and 42 meetings over the government’s violation of signed agreements and roadmaps on the outstanding compulsory arbitration award issued by the NLC on 2nd May 2023.
“Specifically, the Employer has willfully failed to comply with the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) Compulsory Arbitration Award issued on 2nd May 2023 in breach of section 167 (2 & 3) and section 64 (4) of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651); has failed to complete the migration of the colleges of education teaching staff onto the affiliate universities pay structure; it has delayed in paying the remaining forty-two (42) Colleges the one-month basic salary as compensation for all-year-round work done by CETAG members in 2022 as ordered by the NLC on 2nd May, 2023.”
It also accused the government of delaying in issuing the new appointment letters based on the staff audit report and the affiliate universities’ scheme of service to staff to enable the migration to be effected by the Controller and Accountant General’s Department (CAGD) in October 2024 as agreed; and non-payment of top-up of Book and research allowance for 2023 to staff of Akrokerri College of Education.
The Association is determined not to return to the colleges to undertake any official duties including teaching, and supervision of project work and macro-teaching, until the last pesewa is paid into their accounts.
Source: opemsuo.com /Hajara Fuseini
