The association said that the failure to pay outstanding tier 2 interest allowances and the 20% cost of living allowance (COLA) for its members is the reason it is taking this action.
On Wednesday, July 13, senior staff at the numerous public colleges across the nation announced a strike.
The group is made up of every administrative employee at the nation’s institutions.
Leaders of the Senior Staff Association of the Universities of Ghana called on all of their members to “leave home” at a news conference on Wednesday in Accra.
The association said that the failure to pay outstanding tier 2 interest allowances and the 20% cost of living allowance (COLA) for its members is the reason it is taking this action.
The senior personnel join a long list of unions in the public sector who are calling for cost of living adjustments (COLA).
Read the statement below:
As the workers want a cost of living stipend, labor consultant Yiadom Boakye Amponsah has urged them not to keep the government hostage (COLA).
Amponsah said: “The president does not hire staff and so if you write to him to provide some payments, then what do you expect of him?”
“In all sincerity COLA is not a part of any contract between employees in the labour sector,” he said. “This is why if you want it then you must negotiate and not hold [the government] to ransom.”
Amponsah wants the government to be strategic in its approach to negotiation with the labour unions.
“I am worried for the government because you have all these labour institutions chasing you for COLA… what then do you do? I believe that the government should be strategic in finding solutions,” he said.
