The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana has called off its nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Wednesday, November 29, 2023. This decision comes after a meeting with the National Labour Commission earlier today.
The Association stated that it is anticipating a meeting next week Tuesday to establish specific timelines for the settlement of allowance arrears.
In an interview with GHOne News, the General Secretary of the Association, Richard Kofi Jordan, expressed the group’s reluctance to pursue legal action further and urged the government to provide clear commitment timelines for payment.
‘The Commission actually took our plea and what they have ruled is that we are meeting here next week Tuesday to give timelines and everything will be settled.”
“Currently our members are not on strike, we have told them to wait. For now we have suspended the strike… I have seen letters or instructions, that is enough for me now. Of cause we are looking for resolution. So if Controller has called and said bring data and let me pay, that’s okay. The most important thing is to present the data, if they don’t do it, then we have a case.”
The Association announced their planned strike in a statement dated November 20, 2023, claiming that the government’s refusal to address worker grievances had made the action necessary.
The group maintained that the government has expressed concern verbally but won’t back down.