UTAG Fairly Admitted Embarking on Illegal Strike – Ofosu Asamoah. The ongoing strike by two tertiary unions, UTAG and CETAG, has been found illegal by the National Labour Commission (NLC) of Ghana. The acts of both the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG), according to the Commission, are illegal and must be stopped.
On Thursday, January 13, 2022, separate meetings with the leadership of both associations were held.
“After the deliberations, the Commission declared the [UTAG] strike as illegal because they did not follow due process, which was fairly admitted by the executives of the University Teachers Association,” the Executive Secretary of NLC, Ofosu Asamoah said on Eyewitness News.
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He went on to say that UTAG and the Fair Wages Commission have agreed to hold extensive engagements on improving working conditions.
“The parties [UTAG and the Fair Wages Commission] agreed to give each other one month to return to the negotiating table, resolve unresolved concerns, and report back to the Commission on February 16, 2022.”
The NLC, in collaboration with UTAG and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana [CETAG], passed these resolutions at a meeting.
On the other side, he indicated that the CETAG had agreed to stop its strike.
“They [CETAG] really agreed amongst themselves to call off the strike since they were within the law’s mandate, but their complaints were settled.”