Workers tell the government: "Come with a mandate. We won't accept an appeal."
To stop organized labor's demand for a 20 percent Cost of Living Allowance, the Public Services Workers Union (PSWU) has advised the government ahead of their meeting to come prepared with a mandate rather than an appeal (COLA).
The General Secretary of the PSWU, Mr. Bernard Adjei, made it clear in an interview with Alfred Ocansey on the 3FM Sunrise Morning Show that the government should attend the meeting on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, with a mandate rather than an appeal.
"We anticipated this meeting for a very long time, but it's better late than never. This request was made during the Workers Day celebration.
However, we fervently hope that the government will arrive with a valid mandate and refrain from filing an appeal at this time, as doing so would be futile. "The employees have spoken, and they have decided," he said again.
Mr. Adjei clarified that since an appeal from the government cannot be used to pay bills, purchase food, or assist the worker in taking care of their family, they will not accept one.
The union has noted that when struggling sections of the economy in Ghana require assistance from the government, the latter is able to raise funds to do so.
Due to the fact that public sector employees are as important to the economy, they thus want the government to extend the same treatment to them.
Additionally, he pointed out that the Single Spine Salary Structure has done a terrible job of resolving workers' economic issues, making the ordinary worker even impoverished due to the salary levels.
Even 20% is insufficient, but given the situation we are in, 20% at least provides us with a cushion, and that is all we are requesting. The appeal that was submitted at the last meeting was rejected by the colleagues who were present.
Because of this, we anticipate the government team will arrive at the meeting today with a directive that will protect our members, the General Secretary said again.
In a press release, the union, which consists of 56 public sector unions, gave the government until June 19, 2022, to provide them their 20% cost-of-living stipend, or they will go on an indefinite strike.
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