The National Council of the College of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) has announced that its members will resume a strike action that was suspended in December 2022.
The strike, which will take effect on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, is being resumed because the Honorable Minister of Education was unable to address the outstanding concerns of CETAG within the agreed upon two-week period.
According to the National Council, CETAG members in the 46 Colleges of Education across the country are being asked to adhere to this decision, which was made on December 14, 2022 when the strike action was suspended for two weeks.
The Council also emphasized the need for CETAG members to remain united and fight for their deserved Conditions of Service (CoS), which expired in 2020.
The National Council stated that CETAG has been patient with the employer for far too long and can no longer tolerate any further delays over the CoS, which expired in 2020.
The Council also reiterated that the strike action will only be called off once the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) has received a mandate on the remaining generic allowances and an invitation has been extended for leadership to sign off on the MoA for the 2021 CoS
RELEASE
Resumption of suspended strike action by CETAG
Dated: 2nd January, 2023
1. Per the decision taken by the rank and file to suspend our strike action to allow the Hon. Minister of Education to address all the outstanding concerns of CETAG within two weeks, the National Council wishes to notify all members that the Hon. Minister was unable to honour his pledge within the two weeks period as signed in the communique on 16th December, 2022 so all members in the 46 Colleges of Education across the country should resume the strike action effective tomorrow Tuesday, 3rd January, 2023.
2. Council wishes to admonish all members to adhere to this decision which we all took on the 14th December, 2022 when we decided to suspend our strike action for two weeks.
3. Members should know that we can only be treated better by the employer if we all remain united and fight for our deserved Conditions of Service (CoS) which expired in 2020.
4. Finally, Council wants to inform members that CETAG has been patient with the employer for far too long and as such we could no longer entertain further feet-dragging over our CoS which expired in 2020.
5. Conclusively, Council wishes to reiterate that members shall only call off this strike action after the FWSC has received mandate on our remaining generic allowances and the effective date and invited leadership to sign off the MoA on the 2021 CoS.
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