The Ministry of Education says it has reached an agreement with the leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) over its intended strike.
UTAG had threatened to resume its strike on Friday if the government fails to show commitment to its demand for better working conditions and implementation of the 2012 memorandum, which pegged their salaries at US$1500 to US$2000.
The group asked its members to resume their suspended strike because negotiations with the government were still inconclusive a month after it suspended the earlier strike.
But Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Education, Kwesi Kwarteng in a Citi News interview said, the two parties have reached a consensus making way for UTAG to rescind its decision.
“I can confirm that there has been some form of agreement between the two parties. Earlier, UTAG had threatened industrial action, but by virtue of the agreement we had and the meeting we just concluded, the strike will not be coming off, so you have government having a consensus with UTAG”, he said.
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) in a statement released to the media on October 5, 2021, called on its members to resume the suspended strike action from Friday, October 8, 2021.
The decision according to the union is as a result of failure of government to meet demands made by the lecturers concerning their conditions of service.
The University Teachers Association of Ghana had also accused government of bad faith in its negotiation for an improved conditions of service, saying despite backing down on some of their demands and government pledging its commitment, nothing tangible has been achieved yet.
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