University administrators declare strike effective August 10 over market premium disparities
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has reactivated its nationwide strike effective Monday, August 10, 2026, over what it describes as persistent disparities in market premium and related allowances between teaching and non-teaching senior members in public universities.
The Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA) has announced a nationwide strike starting August 10, 2026, in response to perceived disparities in market premiums and allowances between teaching and non-teaching senior members in public universities. The strike was declared at the close of GAUA's 2026 National Congress in Sunyani, where delegates wore red armbands to protest the unfairness.
The association argues that despite both teaching and non-teaching senior members operating within the same senior member structure, there has been a significant widening of disparities in market premiums following the implementation of the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS) in 2012. The new strike comes after GAUA secured a 40% increase in market premium and non-basic allowances for non-teaching senior members in an agreement with the government in April 2026, but the disparities between teaching and non-teaching senior members remain substantial.
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