Cocoa Carriers Association has directed its members at depots in Tema, Takoradi, and Kumasi under the Cocoa Marketing Company Limited to begin an indefinite sit-down strike starting Monday, October 7, 2024, over concerns about their working conditions.
Back in 2022, the Association staged a similar strike, demanding better wages and improved working conditions.
That action resulted in thousands of bags of cocoa beans being left unhandled at warehouses belonging to the Cocoa Marketing Company Limited.
Speaking to Citi News on Sunday, the National Chairman of the Association, Raymond Atanga Abobiga, urged all members to fully support the upcoming strike.
“We are going to report at work but will be at the gate of the various warehouses and then we are not going to work until they attend to our needs and our demands.
“I want the management of COCOBOD and our directors to know that we are not against an individual and that we are fighting a just cause,” he stated.