Today's sit-down strike by the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union will begin. The government's failure to reopen several gas stations that were shut down following the 2017 gas explosion at the Atomic Junction in Accra, according to the union, has had an impact on its members.
The moratorium on the development of additional LPG stores, according to the Union's chairman George Nyaunu in an interview with JoyNews, has impacted their working conditions.
Mr. Nyaunu stated that among other things, some unsolved welfare concerns are one of their causes for the strike. Some LPG filling stations that were prohibited beginning in 2017 as a result of the Atomic Junction incident. "Why should you prohibit the whole firm if one driver accidently messed with the fill? Therefore, if the carrier has 50 to 100 vehicles and the entire business is barred for one error, he pointed out.
The Union released a statement on Sunday noting the bad working conditions that its members have experienced.
Additionally, if wages are provided, they are meagre and out of proportion to the typical Tanker Driver's labour. In the course of seeking remedy, we have frequently filed complaints and engaged in labour activities. Unfortunately, we always receive assurances and pledges that our worries will be taken care of, they noted.
They said that as soon as they cancel their plan, the assurances and pledges are either forgotten or ignored.
The drivers of fuel tankers said they were subjected to unfair treatment by the government as a result of the installation of seals and tracking devices on their vehicles.
These unjust practises include penalising a large group of drivers for the claimed violation of one Tanker Driver and making false claims of tampering with seals. This is just unfair. It explained.
Additionally, the tanker drivers claimed that the surveillance technology is being utilised to penalise drivers and carriers for even breaking a law requiring them to stop and relax every four hours for health and safety reasons.
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