TUSAAG Announces Strike
The Technical University Senior Administrators’ Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared an industrial action in the country this month.
The decision is premised on what it calls the failure of Management of the technical universities across the country to roll over the retirement date for senior staff members to the end of the academic year.
The Association deems the action of the management a breach of Article 14(b) and Article 34 of the Conditions of Service (CoS) which respectively states that, “A Senior Member shall normally retire from the service of the Technical University at the end of the academic year in which he attains the compulsory retiring age, currently sixty (60)” and “An employee of the University shall retire from the service of the University at the end of the academic year in which he attains the prescribed retiring age.”
“Despite the clarity provided in all our earlier communication, the Management of Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU), Sunyani Technical University (STU), Accra Technical University (ATU) and Koforidua Technical University (KTU) have failed to comply fully with the roll-over of the retirement date to the end of the academic year,” President of the Association, Joseph Mensah Oti-Asirifi, said in a statement.
The group will serve their intended strike action from Monday, January 8, 2024, which will remain in force until the relevant authorities comply with the provision.
“The strike action shall mean the outright cessation of all administrative and professional services (including all services for both fresh and continuing students), withdrawal of services at all Units, Sections, Departments, Faculties, Centres, Directorates, Halls of Residence, Finance, ICT Services, physical development, facilities maintenance services, as well as all other main and general services (at the offices of the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro Vice-Chancellor the Registrar etc.),” it established.
