NLC sues JUSSAG for illegal strike; workers unperturbed

The National Labour Commission has filed a lawsuit seeking an order to force striking workers of the Judicial Service to call off their strike.

JUSSAG has been on strike since Friday 20th May 2016 over what they say is government's failure to implement the new agreed consolidation of their salaries and allowances.

The Labour Commission had earlier requested that JUSSAG calls off the strike, but that order has been defied by the association.

The Executive Secretary of the NLC, Charles Adongo Bawa Duah,said that they filed the case on Tuesday morning and the case is to be heard on May 31, 2016.

Mr. Duah explained that they had met all parties involved last week Wednesday and directed that the intended strike was illegal because "they did not meet the requirement of the law which required them to have notified National Labour Commission seven days to the date of the action, we also  noted that the parties were at the negotiation table"

Mr. Duah also noted that the Commission is only following legal procedures to get the striking judicial staff back to work.

Meanwhile the striking judicial service staff have called the bluff of the NLC.They have vowed to meet the commission in court to make their case.

According to President of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG) Alex Nartey they are not perturbed by the threat of legal action because they are convinced the strike called is in accordance with provisions of the labour law.