Education Ministry to meet UTAG over threat to resume strike

A meeting has been scheduled between the government and leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) on Wednesday, October 6 over the recent notice by the latter to resume members’ strike action.

The Association had complained that the one-month moratorium placed on its suspended strike elapsed last month without any significant progress.





“Unfortunately, within the one-month moratorium, the Employer never shifted its position even though UTAG made a number of concessions,” it said in a statement on Tuesday, October 5.

For this reason, the Association said if the Employer’s position does not change by Friday, October 8, members will resume the strike action suspended in August.

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But 3news.com has gathered the Ministry of Education will meet the university lecturers at exactly 3:00pm “for further negotiations”.

The move is ostensibly to avert the fresh threats of strike.

Present at the meeting will be representatives from the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations.

Source:3news.com