Organised Labour will hold an emergency meeting today to decide on the way forward for the nationwide strike after the dramatic changes that followed the group’s declaration of a nationwide industrial action last Friday.
Among issues of consideration at today’s meeting will be the fate of the management and Board of Directors of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for their supposed roles in the abortive sale of its hotels.
SSNIT last Friday announced the termination of the process to sell 60 per cent of its stake in four hotels, just hours after the prospective investor, Rock City Hotel, officially withdrew its proposal to buy a stake in the four hotels.
Sources within Organised Labour yesterday informed the Daily Graphic that the strike was still in force, and that the meeting at 10 a.m. today would give further direction as to the next step the group would take following the latest developments.
The industrial action received support from affiliate labour unions, each of them issuing statements directing their members to strictly adhere to the strike.
They included the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG), the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), the Ghana Private Road Transport Union of TUC Ghana (GPRTU), and the various teacher unions, including the Ghana National Association of Teachers, the National Association of Graduate Teachers and the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU).
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) moved a step further with a call for the dissolution of the SSNIT Board and resignation of top management of the pension fund manager.
