The National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an interlocutory injunction from the High Court, instructing members of the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAG) to call of their strike.
The order takes effect from today 14 January, 2020 for a 10 day period.
A portion of the court’s order reads, “It is hereby ordered that the respondents herein, their executive officers, members, agents, servants, employees and other persons are to call off their strike effective 14th January, 2020 for a 10 day period”.
The association embarked on an indefinite strike on 8 January, 2020 over the government’s failure to increase their allowances.
They argued that their colleague Lecturer in other public universities receive higher allowances than their members.
Declaring their strike, TUTAG in a statement said: “this resolve is to register our displeasure about the inability of the government to comply with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on 4th November, 2019 in the matter between the Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) and the Ministry of Education to pay all allowances due Senior Members of the Technical Universities by 31st December, 2019.”
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