The government and organized labor unions' meeting about the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) has been postponed till a later time.
The adjournment, according to Bright Wereko-Brobbey, deputy minister of employment and labor relations, was brought on by some unions' refusal to end their strike before talks could begin.
We had to adjourn the meeting because both the government and labor believe that we cannot do this while one of the parties is on strike. It has been decided that we will separate to have private conversations. They end the strike, and we get together once more," he told Joy News. At the meeting were other government representatives as well as the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, and the Deputy Minister of Employment and Labor Relations, Bright Wereko-Brobbey.
He mentioned that the meeting would be held again later in the week to continue talks.
Two teacher unions withdrew from talks with the administration over their requests for Cost of Living Allowance prior to the adjournment (COLA).
The administration was criticized by the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and the National Graduate Association of Teachers (NAGRAT) for requesting them to end their strike before negotiations. By signaling and requesting that we end our strike before the start of the negotiations. What it really implies is that until the teacher unions call off the strike, the government side won't be ready to resume talks. This is a betrayal of trust since they have held the entire organized labor as hostage.
NAGRAT President Angel Carbonu told the reporters on Tuesday, "Right now since we are undesirable before they even walk us out of the meeting we are walking out of the meeting ourselves.
Following the government's failure 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.
Various labor unions and the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) are also 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 discussion on Tuesday, July 12.
The National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRATRebecca )'s Ocran Abaidoo, the organization's gender coordinator, told JoyNews, "We are hopeful that we will have something substantial to give to our rank and file, and call off the strike."
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