The Trade Union Congress (TUC) is demanding what it calls the total overhaul of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT).
This, they say, is due to the disparities in the pension scheme and the low pension premium paid to public sector retirees.
At a presser, the TUC General Secretary Dr. Yaw Baah pledged to end the unfairness in remuneration for public sector workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure.
It warned, “The TUC and its affiliates have our eyes and minds firmly fixed on the outcome of the Single Spine Salary Review process currently underway”.
The union said it is determined to work together with other organized Labour groups to end the unfairness in remunerations for public sector workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure and also, remunerations for Article 71 office holders and State Owned Enterprises bosses.
Dr. Yaw Baah explained, that although the government has agreed to pay 15% Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) to workers on the Single Spine Salary Structure, the TUC is determined to work together with other Labour Unions to end the unfairness in remuneration for public sector workers.
The Secretary-General of the union addressing the media said SSNIT is not functioning as it is expected to.
The union vowed to end what it describes as a “class system” in pay administration in favour of Article 71 office holders.
”The essence of SSNIT is completely gone. What is social security for people who earn GH¢300? I can assure you that if it wasn’t pushed further to GH¢300, there would still be people who earn less than that.”
”How can someone who earns GH¢40,000 be paying SSNIT whereas another who earns about GH¢300 be deducted also?” he quizzed.