Friday, 14 August 2015

Coalition of Concern teachers hint of strike over conditions of service



Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) has hinted of embarking on strike action over what they describe as government’s refusal to renew their conditions of service, transfer grants and incremental credits.
National President for the Coalition, Ernest Opoku on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Thursday, said conditions of service for teachers has expired and several calls on government to renew the conditions of service have fallen on deaf ears.
Ernest Opoku could not fathom why government has taken teachers for granted when in fact their demand is in accordance with a ruling by the National Labour Commission.
“The ruling from the National Labour Commission was that the issue of incremental credit is supposed to be paid and we are sure that 2015 budget has some portions of salary arrears that is due teachers and therefore we think that the money has to be paid,” he stated.
He continued that “we have written petitions on several occasions but still nothing has been done. As I speak to you teachers in this country don’t have conditions of service and also have not been paid our outstanding arrears for the past two years.
Ernest Opoku indicated that most schools in the country lacks logistics such as chalk and assessment books which he said impedes teaching and learning.
He therefore sent a strong signal to government to as a matter of urgency take into consideration their demands before September 17 when school resumes or face their wrath.
“We are tired of always being taken for granted for long and so from now till 17th September we will have no option than to strike if our demands are not met” he insisted.

 
Source: Ghana/Adomonline.com/Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy/dorcas.kennedy@adomonline.com/Twitter: @KendraAbedu


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Coalition of Concern teachers hint of strike over conditions of service

Source: Ghana/Adomonline.com/Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy/dorcas.kennedy@adomonline.com/Twitter: @KendraAbedu
Date: 13-08-2015 Time: 05:08:39:pm
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Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) has hinted of embarking on strike action over what they describe as government’s refusal to renew their conditions of service, transfer grants and incremental credits.
National President for the Coalition, Ernest Opoku on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen Thursday, said conditions of service for teachers has expired and several calls on government to renew the conditions of service have fallen on deaf ears.
Ernest Opoku could not fathom why government has taken teachers for granted when in fact their demand is in accordance with a ruling by the National Labour Commission.
“The ruling from the National Labour Commission was that the issue of incremental credit is supposed to be paid and we are sure that 2015 budget has some portions of salary arrears that is due teachers and therefore we think that the money has to be paid,” he stated.
He continued that “we have written petitions on several occasions but still nothing has been done. As I speak to you teachers in this country don’t have conditions of service and also have not been paid our outstanding arrears for the past two years.
Ernest Opoku indicated that most schools in the country lacks logistics such as chalk and assessment books which he said impedes teaching and learning.
He therefore sent a strong signal to government to as a matter of urgency take into consideration their demands before September 17 when school resumes or face their wrath.
“We are tired of always being taken for granted for long and so from now till 17th September we will have no option than to strike if our demands are not met” he insisted.
- See more at: http://www.ghana-news.adomonline.com/news/2015/August-13th/coalition-of-concern-teachers-hint-of-strike-over-conditions-of-service.php#sthash.dZLIzVvw.dpuf

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