The National Labour Commission (NLC) Arbitral Award Orders and agreed service conditions are not being implemented by the government, so the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has decided to go on an indefinite strike that will take effect on Friday, June 14, 2024.
Aiming to force the government to accede to CETAG’s demands—which include paying each member a month’s salary for extra work completed in 2022 and applying agreed-upon rates of allowances payable to public universities to eligible CETAG members—the strike has an impact on all 46 of Ghana’s public colleges of education.
In a statement released on Friday, June 14, 2024, CETAG revealed that the strike is intended to protect its members’ economic rights as stipulated under Section 10(a) and (b) of the Labour Act, 2003 (Act 651) and Article 24(1) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
In order to get their complaints addressed, the Association asked its members to stop providing instruction and related services indefinitely.
“CETAG wishes to call on every member to immediately comply with this declaration by withdrawing teaching and related services indefinitely across all 46 Public colleges of education until all the orders arising from the Compulsory Arbitration Awards and related concerns are fully implemented by way of payments to our members and implementations thereof. Thank you.”
