The Social Security and National Insurance Trust has to be completely restructured, according to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) (SSNIT).
The Union maintains that the trust has not carried out its mandate.
On Monday, July 18, Dr. Yaw Baah, the secretary-general of the union, made the request at a media appearance.
The discrepancies in the pension plan and the low pension premium provided to pensioners in the public sector were some of his justifications for the demand. "SSNIT's core values have been utterly lost. What does social security look like for persons making GHS 300? If it wasn't pushed further to GHS 300, I can promise you. Even so, there would still be some people with lower incomes.
"How is it possible for someone making GHS 40,000 to pay SSNIT while only making GHS 300 to have it deducted?"
Dr. Yaw Baah further reassured the TUC's members that, despite the government's agreement to pay workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure a 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), the TUC is committed to working with other labour unions to put an end to the unfairness in pay for public sector employees.
"The Single Spine Salary Review process that is presently ongoing has our eyes and thoughts firmly concentrated on the results, said the TUC and its affiliates.
"We are steadfast in our resolve to collaborate with other organised Labor groups to put a stop to the inequity in pay for public sector employees under the Single Spine Salary Structure on the one hand and Article On the other side, there are 71 State Owned Enterprises.
This, however, is not the Union's plan, since it has sworn to abolish the pay system's "class structure" in favour of those who occupy positions covered by Article 71.
"The class system in pay administration in favour of Article 71 office holders must cease today. We will not tolerate it." Dr. Yaw Baah continued, "The union underlined its opposition to Ghana's plan to seek assistance from the IMF.
The TUC restated its opposition to Ghana's choice to apply for IMF assistance. According to Dr. Yaw Baah, it would make the already difficult economic situation worse.
He said that the reason for the nation's stagnation is corruption and a failure to change the way the economy is structured.
"We have previously voiced our opposition to the plan to seek a bailout from the IMF for the umpteenth time," Dr. Yaw Baah stated. We are certain that an IMF programme won't help us with our issues. Ghanaians will only experience hardships as a result.
blogpay
Total Comments: 0