Thirty-two staff of TV3 Network Limited have summarily been dismissed from the company for engaging in a series of action which management described as a “breach of the ethics and legal requirements” regarding the employer/employee relationship.
A statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Jimi Matthews, dated February 28, 2017 explained the affected staff who are from various departments including editorial, marketing and library “embarked on industrial action” without following the provisions of the Labour Act. It said the staff took part in a series of action spanning about a week “without serving notice of their intentions to management and without providing management with an opportunity to engage with the aggrieved personnel.
“The actions included, but was not limited to, writing threatening statements on a staircase threatening dire action, hoisting of red flags on the transmission mast and other places inside the premises and subsequently wearing red attire and armbands signifying support for the disruption of the work process,” the statement added.
It explained further that “the impact of the industrial actions would have dire operational and financial implications on the company” which is the leading television station in the country. “Management after reviewing the actions have dismissed the staff members who were involved in the illegal action,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, management has advised all staff to use appropriate platforms to voice their grievances or seek redress, adding “breaches of laid down procedures would not be entertained”. It also thanked the staff for their contribution to the company, which has over the years changed the face of television broadcast in Ghana.
Source: 3news.com
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This is what happens when Ghanaians own a business like TV3. The company is managed based on the ego of its owners. Owners of FORTIZ, start behaving like businessmen and not school boys. Stop throwing tantrums. Mtcheeeeeew !
welcome to working in a private sector.this is how the private sector operates.they dont tolerate indiscipline like the public sector does.Most of you guys crying foul are used to the indiscipline life in the public sector.That explains why the whole country is like what it is.hiring and firing brings the best out of every cooperate institution.
Adwow,thumb up, but where is competent administration of this country doing about this????
Peacefm nono, ur headline stated thirty three 33 whiles u stated in ur presentation as 32 and u brought an earlier of that 35 so now which is the right total number of people that ere sacked. TV3 must learn to grow up in its relationship with its employees cos is always one thing or the other, alwys dismising people for unlogical things, the management should learn to stop the misbehaviour
What is wrong with management of TV3 network....Anytime you are in the news its either you have fired someone or your staff are misbehaving. This is not a good corporate decision. I will urge management & staff of TV3 to take Insight Discovery programmes / courses in order to establish a good relationship within the organisation. You cannot continue to call yourself a 'leading television station in the country' if you cannot put your house in order.