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The Students Representative Council (SRC) President of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Michael Abuah has stated that students of the university will not join other institutions to protest on the streets of Accra tomorrow. A group calling itself, Coalition of Concerned University Students (CoCUS), earlier …
Read More »UTAG members begin impeachment process against leaders
General Secretary of the University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG-UTAG) Professor Ransford Gyampo has revealed that members of the association have begun processes to impeach some of their leaders on various campuses. Speaking on Accra-based radio station, Asempa FM, Prof. Gyampo said the lecturers are …
Read More »UTAG threatens strike on January 10
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike beginning Monday, January 10. This is as a result of the failure of government to resolve their issues. A statement they issued on Saturday January 8 said “We must also point out the fact that, …
Read More »UTAG to suspend strike; demands withdrawal of court action
The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) is expected to suspend its strike following an agreement with government to return to the negotiating table. The lecturers, according to a memorandum of understanding between them and government, will suspend their industrial action if the National Labour Commission withdraws all legal action …
Read More »Court slaps UTAG with Ghc3,000 cost over legal procedure
The Labour Court in Accra presided over by Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe has awarded a cost of GHc3000 against the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). This was after lawyers of UTAG failed to comply with Section 20(14) of the rules that govern their application before the court. The UTAG …
Read More »Our strike continues – UTAG refuses to back down
The 13-membership universities of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have unanimously agreed to continue with their strike despite the suit against it by the National Labour Commission (NLC). The group in a statement Monday said: “Following the stalling of negotiations with the government on our Conditions of Service …
Read More »KNUST suspends end-of-semester exams due to UTAG’s strike
Authorities of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, KNUST have suspended indefinitely the end-of-semester examination scheduled to begin on Monday, August 9, 2021. The announcement follows an indication by members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) that they will not return to the lecture halls until the …
Read More »Court puts 10-day injunction on UTAG strike
The National Labour Commission has secured a 10-day interlocutory injunction on the indefinite strike declared by the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG). The court said upon reading the affidavits of Mr Ofosu Asamoah, the Executive Secretary of the applicant filed on 5 August 2021 in support of the ex …
Read More »UTAG strike: Professors earn less than GH¢5,000 monthly salary
The President of the University Teachers Association of Ghana, (UTAG) has warned the government that unless their conditions of service are improved they will not call off their indefinite strike. Speaking on the Morning Starr on Monday, Professor Charles Marfo said the salaries of lecturers in public universities across the …
Read More »UTAG threatens to go to Supreme Court over Public University Bill
The national leadership of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it is disappointed in government continued moves to pass the Public University Bill. It says the developments with the Bill are being done on the blindside of the association, a week before Parliament’s recess. It says it will …
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