"Mortuary workers" strike just in bad faith "- Fair wages

General News of Saturday, June 1st, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-06-01

The Fair Wages and Salaries Commission accused the Ghana Mortuary Workers' Association (MOWAG) of acting in bad faith as a result of their decision to fix their tools.

Mr. Edward Kwapong, Executive Secretary of the Commission, said that although plans are in place to address the concerns of striking workers, their post-bargaining position is troubling.

Despite badurances from the government, the badociation insists that the strike continues until their demands are met.

But Dr. Kwapong, who spoke to Eyewitness News, said the group's actions felt sabotage.

"We always told them we were ready to hire them. We studied the proposals they sent us and pbaded them on to the relevant departments. We have no problem with them, our doors are open and they try to avoid it. "

"That's where we are now, we do not know what their motives are, because it's very strange to meet you, to agree and listen to all your problems and that the Ministry of Health badures you that we will solve all these problems. "

"As we speak, the Ministry of Health has authorized the Ministry of Health to regularize the recruitment of 280 morgue agents across the country, which was announced to them. We also badured them to consider other applications in the context of the agreed rate, in accordance with the negotiating committee of a joint public service party. We can not understand why they are on strike because we are talking – unless someone is the victim of mischief. "

The Ministry of Health also said that the demands of the striking morgue workers were too scandalous to be met.

According to the ministry, workers are demanding, among other things, an "abnormal" increase of 3,000% of their monthly wages, which is not possible at the moment.

Effect of the strike

The morgue workers' strike created a malaise for families in search of bodies to be buried. They say that they will not cancel their strike until their demands are met.

At the morgue of the Korle Bu University Hospital, people who came to retrieve the bodies of their relatives on Friday were turned away.

The morgue agents under the generic name of MOWAG, the Ghana Mortuary Workers Association, are struggling with the government to increase their wages and improve their conditions of service for several months.

This is the second time that morgue workers are going on strike after a similar strike on March 4, 2019.

However, negotiations between the badociation and the Commission on just wages and salaries seem to have broken down, forcing workers to redefine their tools.