The Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) leadership is scheduled to engage in discussions with the National Labour Commission (NLC) today in anticipation of its members’ upcoming indefinite strike.
The decision to strike, according to the association, is a result of the unresolved grievances raised by its members. MOWAG is specifically urging the government to fulfill the conditions of service that were mutually agreed upon in 2020.
General Secretary of MOWAG, Richard Kofi Jordan, expressed concerns in an interview with Citi News on Tuesday, stating that the government has not demonstrated sufficient commitment to addressing the workers’ concerns so far.
“We have a meeting with the NLC at 11 am at the NLC’s office. We are trying to respect the law by going to the commission in the morning because we want to see what the Ministry or, for that matter, the government is bringing on board finally to the table. Then we are able to decide whether we should put Ghanaians through this mess or not. We don’t go into these things in bad faith, or we cannot take an entrenched position. If whatever they present is worthy of taking home, why not?”
“We are not interested in putting Ghanaians through hell. The only reason we are doing this is that we are fed up with the commitments of ‘we will do that,’ and it is not happening,” he stated.