The University of Ghana (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has voted against a choice by the National Official Committee of the Affiliation to suspend its nationwide strike.
In a count result marked by the Appointive Commissioner of the UTAG-UG department, Dr. Guiltless Lawson, 596 UTAG individuals voted against the suspension of the strike; whereas a few 127 others voted to acknowledge the choice by the National Official Committee of UTAG to suspend the strike.
UTAG strike: UG lecturers vote against suspension of strike, scholarly work remains on hold
Comes about of UTAG-UG’s votes on suspension of strike
This implies that out of the full of 723 UTAG-UG individuals who voted, 82.4% need the strike to continue, whereas 17.6% need scholastic work to continue.
Based on the result of the vote, scholarly work still remains on hold at the College of Ghana, Legon.
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The College Instructors Affiliation of Ghana (UTAG) has settled to suspend its mechanical activity briefly.
This taken after an emergency assembly by UTAG’s National Official Committee on Monday to assess their progressing strike.
Prior to this, gatherings held between the administration of UTAG, Parliament’s Instruction Committee, the Reasonable Compensation and Compensations Commission, the Instruction Serve and the Work Serve last week had finished inconclusively.
UTAG needs government to reestablish their 2012 conditions of benefit, which pegged the month to month wage of entry-level lecturers at $2,084.
The Affiliation has complained that the current course of action has decreased its individuals’ basic premiums to $997.84.
Statesmen such as previous President John Agyekum Kufuor, Sam Jonah, a few Bad habit-Chancellors among others had moreover weighed in and argued for the lecturers to return to the classroom.
But per a articulation from UTAG, NEC had concurred to regard the counsel of the prominent pioneers, the Select Committee on Instruction and the court administering to suspend the strike activity.
The choice, NEC said will last until Walk 4 by which time a great result would have been accomplished in the midst of assist engagement.
The declaration marked by UTAG’s National President Prof Solomon Nunoo moreover emphasized that a roadmap had been concurred between the Affiliation and government.
In that regard, “transactions will commence in sincere and completed inside the concurred period and the result.”
In the mean time, “the lawful forms on the lawfulness or something else of our strike activity, pending some time recently the Court, will continue to its coherent conclusion.”
UTAG has been on strike since January 10, 2022, over government’s disappointment to survey their conditions of benefit since 2017.
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