The Teacher Unions have called off their strike action after the government and organised labour agreed on 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
The four Teacher Unions which include the National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), the Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT), and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) on July 4 declared a nationwide strike following government’s inability to meet their demand for 20% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
But after several meetings, the government and Organised Labour have agreed on a 15 percent Cost of Living Allowance (COLA).
This takes effect from July 1, 2022 and will continue until the next negotiations.
The negotiations between the government side and Organised Labour concluded on Thursday evening.
This was made known at a press briefing in Accra on Thursday evening (July 14, 2022).
The Secretary General of the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah has consequently called on education sector workers who embarked on the industrial action last week to mount pressure on government for the COLA to go back to work.
At a press briefing Thursday evening, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour Awuah said “at the end of the negotiations they came up with a common communique.”
The communique was signed at the press briefing by Mr Ignatius Baffour Awuah, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, Dr Yaw Baah for TUC.
The Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations invited the leadership of Organised Labour to a meeting over their demands for the payment of cost of living allowance (COLA) to members.
