The Tertiary Education Workers Union of Ghana (TEWU-GH) has suspended its two-week-long strike.
The group declared a strike on February 1, over the government’s failure to pay members’ Tier-2 allowances and vehicle maintenance allowances.
Despite a recent meeting with the government on Friday, February 9, 2024, TEWU-GH urged its members to continue the strike on Monday, February 12.
While the government fulfilled its commitment to pay the Tier-2 allowance, the vehicle maintenance allowance remained outstanding.
The group emphasized the importance of continuing the strike until the vehicle maintenance allowance is disbursed to eligible members.
But in a statement, the leadership announced that they have suspended the action after a meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) on February 14, 2024.
After the meeting, NLC directed the union to suspend the strike action and engage the government to resolve the issue of the vehicle maintenance allowance.
Subsequently, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union had an emergency meeting on February 15, 2024, and resolved that the strike should be suspended.
“In view of the above, we wish to announce that the ongoing strike action is suspended with immediate effect. All local executives are requested to disseminate this information/directives to their rank and file for compliance,” the union said.