GAUA insists strike will end only after Fair Wages addresses market premium issue
President of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), Reverend Amoah Karikari, says it will call off its strike only after receiving a formal letter from the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) on its market premium demand.
Reverend Amoah Karikari, president of the Ghana Association of University Administrators (GAUA), stated that the strike would only conclude once the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) responds to their demand for market premium in a formal letter. GAUA suspended the strike provided the commission delivered the necessary communication on the outstanding issue.
The Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) ordered all public universities to reopen by Friday and resume academic work by Monday at the latest. Karikari acknowledged GTEC's directive but emphasized that it did not automatically terminate the strike. He explained that while GTEC could direct regulated universities to resume work, the association remained on strike pending a certificate from FWSC regarding the market premium issue.
He also criticized the tone of GTEC's letter, arguing that public universities should not be under GTEC's direct control. The president clarified that while the association was not offended by the letter, they objected to what they saw as an overreaching approach by GTEC. The nationwide strike began in August over salary disparities and conditions of service, with market premium being a major concern.
The association maintains that progress on the market premium demand is necessary before they suspend the industrial action.
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