UTAG strike: Don’t use state institutions to threaten the poor

Secretary of the University of Ghana branch of the Association of University Teachers of Ghana (UTAG) Prof. Ransford Yaw Gyampo said the government’s approach to resolving the association’s ongoing strike is “appalling”.

He said on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’ that the government’s decision to use state institutions to force them into classrooms will not work unless negotiations are held. not engaged to settle their fate.

“Don’t use state institutions to threaten the poor, it won’t work,” he told host Kwesi Aboagye.

Professor Gyampo was addressing a contempt case brought against the management of UTAG by the National Labor Commission (NLC) before a labor court.

The Commission obtained on Friday August 6 an interlocutory injunction from the court to force the UTAG to cancel its strike which began on Monday August 2, 2021.

UTAG, however, refused to comply with the court order, stating that the premise is false.

While the NLC says the UTAG cannot remain on strike while negotiating with the government, the UTAG insists that there are currently no active negotiations between them.