CETAG Strike Persists Amid NLC Case Adjournment
The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) will persist with their strike action after showing up in court over a suit by the National Labour Commission (NLC).
The group is unwilling to call the strike off despite the legal action.
Though their representatives showed up in court on August 6, 2024, where the case was indefinitely adjourned, their action will carry on until the ultimate decision by the judiciary.
CETAG declared a strike on June 14 over the failure of the government to comply with the NLC’s the Compulsory Arbitration Awards agreed by the parties.
They include an order for the payment of one-month salary to each entitled member of CETAG as compensation for additional duty performed in 2022; an order that the agreed rates of allowances payable to public universities be applied to deserving members of CETAG; and an order that the implementation of the completed Staff Audit exercise shall commence from 1st January 2023.
The NLC last month dragged the Association to court asserting their strike action is illegal; however, this has been opposed by the group.
In a press statement on July 22, 2024, the Association said it followed all laid down processes before declaring the action and thereby its legitimacy.
It explained, “NLC is making all efforts to misinform the public that it has obtained an ex-parte injunction against CETAG’s ongoing strike action. The fact is that NLC filed an interlocutory injunction motion against CETAG on 9th July 2024 at Labour Court 1 in Accra. CETAG’s lawyers filed our motion in opposition on 16th July 2024.
“The interlocutory injunction motion was to be heard on 18th July 2024 but when the parties went to court that day the case was adjourned to 6th August 2024 due to the absence of the Judge.”
