All Public Workers Should Not Go to Work – Organised Labour declares nationwide strike

Organised Labour has declared an indefinite nationwide strike starting from Monday, July 15 over the proposed sale of 60 percent shares in some hotels owned by SSNIT.

The Secretary General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Dr Yaw Baah, declared the strike action following an emergency meeting at by labour unions at the TUC on Friday afternoon [July 12].

PRESS STATEMENT ON PROPOSED SALE OF 60% OF SSNIT’S SHARES IN THE FOUR HOTELS

We have followed the developments on the proposed sale of 60% of SSNIT’s stake in four hotels with very keen interest, especially after Organised Labour leadership meeting with the President of the Republic on this matter which took place on 25th June, 2024 at the Jubilee House.

Yesterday, 11th July, 2024, the Honourable Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, who is also responsible for pensions, made a statement in Parliament that NPRA has approved the sale of 60% of SSNIT’s shares in the hotels.

We recall that on 28th June, 2024 the Board of NPRA issued a directive to SSNIT to suspend the negotiation with Rock City Hotel Ltd. We, therefore, find it extremely difficult to understand how and why NPRA would turn around to approve such a flawed deal two weeks after the directive.

Organised Labour would like to reiterate its well-known position that the proposed sale of SSNIT’s shares in the four hotels is not in the best interest of Ghanaian workers.

We, therefore, demand that SSNIT terminates the process immediately.

From Monday, 15th July, 2024 all workers in Ghana must not go to work until SSNIT publicly announces the termination of the process for the sale of its shares in the hotels.

DR. YAW BAAH

(SECRETARY GENERAL OF TRADES UNION CONGRESS (GHANA))

DR. ISAAC BAMPOE ADDO (CHAIRMAN OF FORUM OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS)

KENNETH KOOMSON

(DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF GHANA FEDERATION OF LABOUR)

ACCRA, 12TH JULY 2024