The National Labour Commission (NLC) has dragged the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) to court due to its refusal to call off its industrial strike.
In an interview with JoyNews, the Executive Secretary of the NLC, Ofosu Asamoah, said they have filed a lawsuit against UTAG and the case will be heard on February 3, 2022.
"It's been two weeks since the commission directed the striking workers to call off the strike and resume work while negotiations continue. Their representatives, that is the national executives then appearing before the commission assured the commission to abide by this directive. Unfortunately, they got back and the opposite was the situation. It's been two weeks like I said and the commission cannot give a directive and watch it flouted. So we have to take the hard decision of enforcing our directive in court," he said.
He added that UTAG is expected to appear before the High Court on February 3.
This comes after the NLC in a press statement issued on Friday, January 14, described the industrial strike embarked by UTAG as illegal and called on the association to withdraw the strike.
The NLC said it had observed in a meeting between the two parties that the reasons for the strike had already been addressed and that embarking on strike again was illegal.
The NLC directed UTAG to "immediately call off the strike and resume work" but UTAG has still not obeyed the directive.
UTAG embarked on a nationwide strike on January 10 to compel government to meet its demands.
UTAG in a press statement said government has failed to address its concerns within a particular period agreed upon by the two parties.
UTAG, among several concerns, wants government to reconsider the payment of its annual research allowance.
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