The Commission says the indefinite strike declared by the teacher unions over allowance arrears is illegal.
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Return to the classroom or lose your salaries - Labour Commission warns teachers
The National Labour Commission has ordered striking teachers across the country to return to their posts or risk losing their December salaries.
Teachers begin nationwide strike today over unpaid salaries
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In an interview on Starr FM in Accra, the Executive Secretary of the Labour Commission, Ofosu Asamoah said the teachers risk losing their salaries if they remain on strike.
“The NLC finds the conduct of the three teacher unions not in conformity with the law because procedurally they did not comply with what the law provides in the declaration of a strike and therefore it is illegal. They have been directed by the Commission to go back to call off the strike and go back to the classroom while the GES works to pay whoever the arrears is due.”
He said if the teachers fail to comply with the directive “the law will take its course. Illegal strikes are not paid for by the government, so illegal striking workers will not be paid.”
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Several pupils and students in public primaries and senior high schools have been without teachers since Monday when members of the National Association of Graduate Teachers(NAGRAT), Ghana National Association of Teachers(GNAT) and the Coalition of Concerned Teachers(CCT) laid down their tools.
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