The National Labour Commission (NLC) has ordered the leadership of Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) to call off their strike and return to engage with their employer, Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) on their concerns. The NLC ruled that CENTSAG did not follow due process before …
Read More »Dissolve “nuisance” NLC for mishandling labour issues – KTU Lecturer to Gov’t
A Lecturer at the Kumasi Technical University, Dr. Solomon Kwarteng Forkuo has urged government to dissolve the National Labour Commission (NLC) for mishandling labour related issues as he believes it is of no importance to the state. According to the outspoken Lecturer, the NLC has not been up and doing …
Read More »UTAG, NLC back in court Tuesday
The University Teachers Association (UTAG) and National Labour Commission are expected in court Tuesday 15th February 2022 over the industrial strike by the UTAG. “The matter was adjourned today for the legal argument to be heard, but the judge today decided to give us a little time to engage with …
Read More »We’re ready for ‘noise’ making NLC – UCC senior staff
Administrative work in some public universities has been disrupted as senior staff begin a nationwide strike. They are demanding better conditions of service and are also opposing moves to migrate them onto the payroll of the Controller and Accountant General. The senior staff in the universities have defied a caution …
Read More »NLC gives nurses, gov’t four weeks to resolve impasse
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has given the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) and government one month to resolve the impasse over service conditions of the healthworkers. According to the GRNMA General Secretary David Tenkorang, the NLC at today’s meeting told the party’s to report back to them …
Read More »Striking nurses could suffer salary deductions – NLC warns
Striking members of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives association may face salary deductions for the month of September, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has warned. The Commission says this may become necessary because the group has defied a court injunction against the ongoing industrial action. Patients and relatives who …
Read More »NLC secures injunction against Nurses, Midwives strike
An Accra High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction application by the National Labour Commission against the planned strike by Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRMA). The move by the court presided by Justice Frank Aboagye Rockson means the health workers cannot embark on their sit-down strike on Monday. …
Read More »NLC orders striking TUTAG members back to classrooms
The National Labour Commission has on Friday ordered striking members of the Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG) end their action and resume full academic activities. It has also directed government to pay members of TUTAG all arrears by January 29 without delays. The decision of the labour adjudicator …
Read More »TUSAAG threatens indefinite strike over government’s failure to pay allowances
The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared an indefinite strike effective Wednesday, 8th January, 2020, over government’s failure to pay all allowances due Senior Members of Technical Universities by 31st December, 2019. TUSAAG in a press statement served on Wednesday, 1st January, 2020, to notify the …
Read More »NLC explains reason for court order against striking teachers
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has explained its decision to secure a court order against three teacher unions whose members are currently striking. The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Ofosu Asamoah, has explained that the decision was made because of the teachers’ failure to follow due process. The NLC, on Wednesday, filed …
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