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This was announced by the Commission in a statement issued to the media on February 3rd.
“The National Labour Commission has on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, secured an Interlocutory injunction from the High Court of Justice (LABOUR Court 1), calling on members of the Senior Staff Association, Universities of Ghana (SSA-UOG), their Executives, Officers, Members, Agents, Servants,
Employees or Other Persons to call off their industrial strike action”, the press release announced.
It further ordered the group to comply with the following directive:
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- To call off the strike action immediately.
- That the parties should go back to the negotiation table to negotiate in good faith on the non- basic allowance and when the Tier 2 Pension arrears would be paid.
- That the parties are given three (3) months to engage in the negotiations and report to the Commission.
- That the government should do everything possible to pay the pension arrears that are outstanding by the end of March 2021.
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University of Ghana, Legon campus
The Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana has been on a nationwide strike since January 2, 2021, to demand improved conditions and payment of outstanding Tier-2 contributions of its retired members.
It is also demanding an improved market premium and non-basic allowance as well as the migration of public universities onto the Controller and Accountant General payroll system.