Today, July 12, the government is anticipated to meet with teacher unions and other labour organisations to discuss their demand for a cost-of-living allowance (COLA). The ministries of Finance, Employment, and National Security will be present at the crucial meeting intended to persuade the pre-tertiary teachers.
Following the government's refusal to pay the stipend for them, which they claim may have helped to lessen the burden of the growing cost of living, four teacher unions have ceased operations.
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) and other labour unions are likewise asking for a COLA of 20% of their base pay. President Akufo-Addo has urged the unions to change their minds about their position, but they insist they won't.
"We have not ended our strike; it is still in effect. We appreciate being asked to participate in a conversation on Tuesday, July 12.
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRATRebecca )'s Ocran Abaidoo, the organization's gender coordinator, told JoyNews, "We are hoping that we will have something substantial to give to our rank and file, and call off the strike."
Ghana's National Association of Registered Midwives is the newest labour organisation to call for COLA for its members. The Association's General Secretary claims that the stipend has not yet been paid.
"Things are not what they once were, and we are all going through difficulties. As soon as it was asked, we understood that the government would pay; once it does, all public sector employees—of whom midwives nationally are a part—will get the funds.
But the administration has not responded despite our waiting... Harrison Ampaabeng stated that the government should pay the COLA as soon as feasible.
The Public Services Workers Union has given notice that it will go on strike on July 19 in response to the situation. According to the statement, the country's deteriorating economic situation has made payment of the COLA inevitable.
Bernard Adjei, the general secretary of the union, laments that the government has ignored their issues.