The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has suspended its two-week strike after engagements with the National Labour Commission, GTEC, and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission. The Union suspended work on February 1 over non-payment of their vehicle maintenance allowances and other conditions of service. It was a back-and-forth between the Union and […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has suspended the strike action indefinitely. In a statement dated March 8, 2022, jointly signed by the President of UTAG, Prof Solomon Nunoo and National Secretary, Dr Asare Asante-Annor, members of UTAG were urged to “demonstrate good faith by returning to the lecture halls to teach.” “We call on the […]
The University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (UTAG) has resolved to suspend its industrial action temporarily. This followed an emergency meeting by UTAG’s National Executive Committee on Monday to evaluate their ongoing strike. Prior to this, meetings held between the leadership of UTAG, Parliament’s Education Committee, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, the Education Minister and […]
The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has put an injunction on the strike by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court, presided over by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson, on Tuesday afternoon [February 15, 2022] halted the strike which is currently in its fifth week. The order followed an application for interlocutory […]
The Accra High Court has directed the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and government to engage in further negations to resolve the strike by UTAG which has crippled public universities. The National Labour Commission (NLC) had filed an application for the court to order members of UTAG to return to the lecture theatres while […]
The government has described the demands and the posture of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) as unfair to students and parents. It emphasised that on June 16, last year, the government and UTAG signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) satisfactorily resolving issues relating to the conditions of service (CoS) of university teachers, and […]
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has said it is ready to negotiate, but the posturing of the employer is not welcoming. The President of UTAG, Professor Solomon Nunoo said even though the university teachers had heard the calls to return to the lecture theatres, there were no concrete milestones on the table towards […]
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has asked striking teachers to call off their ongoing strike. It follows a mediation meeting with the teacher unions, Ghana Education Service, Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in the employment industry. The National Association of Graduate Teachers, the Ghana National Association of Teachers, and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers, […]
