The Colleges of Education Teachers Association (CETAG) and the government have signed a memorandum of understanding to end the ongoing strike by the group.
The MoU was signed at a meeting with the Ministry of Labour and Employment Relations (MLER) through the Fair Wages Commission, on Monday, August 19.
Other officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), and the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) were present.
CETAG has been on a two-month strike, which began on June 14, over the government’s failure to implement the National Labour Commission’s (NLC) Arbitral Award Orders and some negotiated service conditions.
Before signing the agreement, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, said, “I am appending my signature to signify the fact that I am committed or the government team is committed to that which we have agreed to in this document”.
A CETAG representative also said, “On behalf of over 2,000 members of CETAG I also want to assure the media and all that are here that CETAG is also committed to what has been put on this paper and therefore I wish to sign”.
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Addressing the media after the meeting, CETAG’s National Trustee, Maxwell Bunu, stated that most of their concerns have been addressed.
However, he said the decision to end the strike would be made after further discussions with the association’s leadership.
“The issue of all-year-round work and then the de-freezing of the July salary and the payment of the August salary—I think all these concerns have been addressed. And as a National CETAG Trustee, I don’t think with my experience here, it will be prudent for CETAG to remain on strike.
“So as we have indicated here, we would certainly go back and convey all the issues that have been discussed and approved of by the officials here, so that by the close of tomorrow, with consultation with the council, I think we will do the needful because we cannot continue to be on strike forever,” Maxwell Bunu said.