The National Labour Commission (NLC) has instructed the workers of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) to halt their ongoing strike.
The proposed Act seeks to unify road sector functions under a single National Roads Authority to enhance efficiency.
The workers are also demanding the immediate removal of key officials like I.K. Mensah, the Chairman of the Ghana Highway Authority (GHA) Board; and Collins B. Donkor, the Chief Executive Officer of the NRA.
According to the staff, the aforementioned officials have been complicit in decisions that threaten the integrity of the road sector.
However, in a statement issued on Tuesday, November 12, the NLC said the GHA workers did not follow due procedure under the Labour Act, 2023 (Act 651) over their strike.
The Commission, therefore, asked the group to suspend the strike and follow due process while negotiations continue.
“The respondents—Ghana Highway Authority, Senior Staff Association, and the Divisional Union of Construction and Building Materials Workers Union of GHA (CBMWU-TUC)—are to follow the due process.
“Whilst waiting for respondents to follow the due process, they must suspend any and/or all intended industrial action,” the statement read.
Below is the NLC’s full statement
