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The 12 labour unions striking over the management of their tier two pension funds have called off their strike. According to them even though not all the unions were served with the ex parte order, they are willing to comply with the High Court order which directs them to resume duty. They however warned that "if by one week from today, the dispute is not resolved, we shall resume the strike.� The workers have been on strike over the refusal of government to allow them decide who manages their tier two pension funds. The government, after failing to reach a consensus with the labour unions, pleaded the court to ask the workers to go back to work. According to them, their strike is illegal. The court ruled in favour of government last Friday but the unions said they had not been served and would continue to strike. But at a press conference on Tuesday, the Forum for Public Sector Registered Occupational Pension Schemes said they have decided to call off the strike. However, "we want to re-emphasize that the suspension of the strike does not mark the end of the struggle...we regret government�s exercise of bad faith in obtaining an ex parte order on the Forum which was in the public domain and generating media speculations and malicious press statements but was not served on the unions and associations until about 5pm on Monday...if by one week from today, the dispute is not resolved, we shall resume the strike,� PRO of the Forum, Reynolds Ofosu Tenkorang said.