Organised Labour declares strike on Monday, July 10 For Public Sector Workers
Organised Labour declares strike on Monday, July 10 for Public Sector workers.
Organised Labour has declared a strike on Monday, July 10.
What is the reason for the Strike?
Organised Labour Declared this strike because of the sacking of the three union leaders by the management of Sunon Asogli Power (Ghana) Limited for joining a union. Violating the Act on Freedom of Employees to Join Unions.
Other union members are also said to be subjected to abuses by the management, largely made up of Chinese.
Organised Labour had, since March, called for the reinstatement of three but efforts seem to have yielded no results.
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Act 651
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Prohibition of restrictive conditions of employment
14. An employer shall not in respect of any person seeking employment, or
of persons already in his employment
(a) require that person to form or join a trade union or to refrain from
forming or joining a trade union of his or her choice;
(b) require that person to participate or refrain from participating in the
lawful activities of a trade union;
(c) refuse to employ the person because of that person’s membership
of a trade union;
(d) promise the person any benefit or advantage for not participating in
trade union activities; or
(e) discriminate against the person on grounds of gender, race, colour,
ethnic origin, religion, creed, social or economic status, disability or
politics.
Grounds for termination of employment
15. A contract of employment may be terminated,
(a) by mutual agreement between the employer and the worker;
(b) by the worker on grounds of ill-treatment or sexual harassment;
(c) by the employer on the death of the worker before the
expiration of the period of employment;
(d) by the employer if the worker is found on medical examination
to be unfit for employment;
(e) by the employer because of the inability of the worker to carry
out his or her work due to
(i) sickness or accident; or
(ii) the incompetence of the worker; or
(iii) proven misconduct of the worker.
National Labour Commission
The National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations were involved with Secretary General of the Ghana Trades Union Congress, Dr Anthony Yaw Baah, who is also Spokesperson of Organised Labour, serving notice of an industrial action.
“Even the President of Ghana cannot stop any worker in Ghana from exercising his or her right to belong to a trade union,” Dr Yaw Baah said at a press conference in March.
On Monday, June 26, he directed public sector workers not to report on Monday, July 10 as a first step to calling management of Sunon-Asogli to order. 3news.com
Act 651
PART XI – TRADE UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS’
ORGANISATIONS
Freedom of Association
79. (1) Every worker has the right to form or join a trade union of his or her
choice for the promotion and protection of the worker’s economic and social
interests.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a worker whose function is normally
considered as
a. policy making;
b. decision making;
c. managerial;
d. holding a position of trust;
e. performing duties that are of highly confidential nature; or
f. an agent of a shareholder of an undertaking, may not form or join
trade unions.
80. 1. Two or more workers employed in the same undertaking may form a
2. Two or more employers in the same industry or trade, each of whom
employs not less than fifteen workers may form or join an employers’
organization.
