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Ghana: Potag Hints of Strike Action
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Ghanaian Chronicle (Accra)
8 May 2008
Posted to the web 8 May 2008
Michael Boateng
Sunyani
Members of the Sunyani Polytechnic branch, of the Polytechnic Teachers' Association of Ghana (POTAG), have put on red bands to express their displeasure, with what they described as "disparity in salary structure of tertiary institution lecturers."
Reports reaching The Chronicle indicate that for the sake of solidarity and common interest, other members of POTAG at the various polytechnics in the ten regions, are also clad in red, waiting for government's response to the May 19 deadline.
The POTAG has given government up to May 19, this year, to address all issues relating to the salaries and conditions of service of its members, else it would advise itself.
In a statement, issued and signed by the National President, Richard Nkrumah, and the General Secretary, J. S. Korantwi-Barimah, POTAG said government had failed to facilitate negotiations, despite numerous letters written to both the Labour Commission and all other ministries concerned, after the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) of the Association, expired on September 30, 2007.
"Government's failure to give the mandate for negotiations to take place, despite the numerous letters written to both the Labour Commission and all other Ministries concerned, resulted in members of POTAG being worse off, by 103.55% by December 2007, as compared to their counterparts in the same industry ,or in analogous institutions," the statement said.
The POTAG further stated that the gap had further been widened, to approximately 150% as at now, which government has shown no seriousness to correct the wide distortion, seven clear months after the expiration of the CBA.
POTAG stressed that countless letters had been written to the government, on the need to give the mandate for POTAG to negotiate, but have not yielded any positive results, disclosing that the Association promptly sent new inputs for negotiations, on October 5, 2007.
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The statement further stated that it was regrettable that POTAG's efforts, to respect the Labour Law, 2003 (Act 651), have been futile, because other stakeholders do not respect the Labour Law.
They stated that the Association could produce, at least three letters from the Labour Commission, directing government to settle all issues with POTAG with deadlines, which government had not respected.
POTAG, however, stated that it was unfortunate that the Association has been compelled to take such an unfortunate line of action, which would destabilize the polytechnics at such a crucial time.
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