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The Trades Union Congress (TUC) says if President Mahama is committed to creating jobs as he stated in the State of the Nation Address (SONA), then he should immediately re-instate workers appointed after the December 7 elections who have been dismissed. Reacting to the SONA delivered to Parliament
Organised Labour has asked President John Mahama to outline measures to address the cost of living and steps to reinstate those dismissed from the Public Service. Ahead of the State of the Nation Address on February 26, leadership of Organised Labour says, the President should also indicate how jobs
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT) has called for a review of the disciplinary measures in senior high schools. According to the Association, this will empower heads of institutions to deal with students who flout school regulations. President of NAGRAT, Angel Carbonu who spoke w
The President of the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu has debunked claims that the leadership of Organised Labour was bribed by President John Dramani Mahama to accept the 10% salary increment. He has cautioned those who are accusing the union leaders of bribery to d
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) has declined to call off its strike. Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG, Dr Isaac Bampoe Addo said this when he addressed a news conference in Accra on February 22. The leadership of CLOGSAG and its National Executive Council took the decision n
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has applauded the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh for assuring members that government will not dismiss any of those who were recruited after the elections. Perpetual Ofori Ampofo who spoke with our labour affairs correspondent,
The government has announced a 10% salary increase for public sector workers, effective January 1. The decision came after President John Mahama's negotiations with labor unions. Stay tuned for more updates.
The leadership of the Pre-Tertiary Teacher Unions have called for calm among teachers who are apprehensive over their appointments being revoked. Their anxiety stems from a circular issued by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to heads of schools to ensure that the appointments of teachers who were r
More than 70,000 members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association (CLOGSAG) are beginning a nationwide strike tomorrow. The strike according to CLOGSAG is to ensure that the Registrar of Births and Deaths Registry Samuel Botchwey is removed from office for being a politically exposed pers
The Ministry of Education will from next week begin stakeholder discussions on reviewing of challenges in the education sector. The discussions will focus on education financing and bridging the infrastructure gap as well as the role of teachers in transforming education for a sustainable future. Ch
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has served notice of a nationwide strike if government carries out its decision to sack nurses and midwives recruited into the public service after the December 7 elections. According to the leadership of the GRNMA, the directive will affe
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG) has suspended its intended nationwide strike following the decision by President John Mahama to withdraw the appointment of Samuel Botchwey as the Registrar of the Birth and Death Registry. CLOGSAG threatened to strike on February 20
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has suspended the hearing of all cases pending before it. This is because the two government appointees on the Commission have vacated their posts after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) lost power. This has left over one hundred cases un-attended to. Executive Secre
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu, has said that government will need 1.5 billion dollars to effectively run the education sector for the next few years. Haruna Iddrisu said the amount, when secured, will be used to bridge infrastructure gap and address other challenges in the education sect
A former Greater Accra Regional Minister under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo has called on the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-markin, to apologize on behalf of his caucus to the member of Parliament for Klottey Korle, Zanetor Rawlings. According to Mr
