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Regional News from Saturday, February 2, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-02-02
Some workers go to their tasks
Tension is mounting among workers at PMS International Mainstay, contractors for the extension of the Tema motorway roundabout.
The workers are asking the management to reinstate four of their leaders who were fired for allegedly threatening to stop the project in order to support their demands for better working conditions.
Vincent Akpo, Abel Gbagba, Solomon Edzewodzi and Mabu Bismark, Local President, Vice President, Secretary and Organizer respectively, received their letter of termination on January 28, 2019.
The letter signed by Ms Juana A. Boateng, National Director of PMS International Mainstay, stated in part: "We refer to our letter of 14 January 2019 warning you of your involvement in an illegal work stoppage. signed complaint threatening any work stoppage if the company does not respond to your request ".
He adds that "this is to inform you that such threats are illegal and justifies your immediate dismissal".
Mr. Abraham Koomson, General Secretary of the Ghana Federation of Labor (GFL), told the Ghana News Agency that he had received complaints from union leaders dismissed about it.
Mr. Koomson added that the four defendants were victims of reprisals for forming the union and demanding better working conditions for the workers.
He added that every job must be in accordance with the laws of the land and must be decent and "not just work 24 hours a day without interruption and they call that we have created jobs".
He added that if the workers thought it was wise to come together to form a union that would defend their cause, it was not illegal because it was their right under the laws of the land .
Mr. Koomson stated that the workers had signed a six-month contract with the company as of December 2018 and therefore had the right to require proper regulation of their wages, overtime, payment of their social security and other advantages to prevent exploitation and worker fraud.
The GFL therefore called on the management of the company to reinstate the workers concerned or to fulfill the obligations necessary for the termination of their contract four months earlier to avoid further disturbances among the workers.
"There is tension on the site and this is not what we want, no one has time to induce it, but the workers are human beings who deserve to be spared. be treated well, "he added.
Ms. Boateng Senyo Adzabeng had however denied the dismissal of the four men because of the formation of a union, noting that the management was ready to accept a workers union provided that it was accredited.
According to her, the four men were fired for committing wrongdoing on the site, stating that their "good will" and a three-month salary had been prepared, but that they had not yet made.
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