“We have not called it [strike] off. We have only suspended it. If we look at the document [Memorandum of Understanding] there are reasons for the suspension”
“We are supposed to have negotiations with the Government and the National Labour Commission which we hope to finish within 30 days and if everyone is satisfied, there will be no continuation of a strike. Everything is clearly stated in the MoU.”
The President of UTAG, Professor Charles Marfo, in a Citi News interview revealed the union expects the government to treat this opportunity with enough commitment or risk another strike.
According to him, they (UTAG) want to have this issue dealt with once and for all. “We have been negotiating and we said that the negotiation wasn’t going well because the government’s attention to our meeting wasn’t right and it was on that basis we have a Momerandum of Understanding.
We realised the seriousness and we want to have a serious business to get things done with, and that is why we have even indicated the period within which the negotiation should take place.
UTAG embarked on the strike over the government’s failure to restore conditions of service for members agreed on in 2012, among other demands. However the UTAG and the NLC are expected to resume negations today, Monday, August 23, 2021.
Source: Citi Newsroom