Austin Gamey commends government for resolving labour dispute with CETAG

A labour expert, Austin Gamey, has commended the recent resolution of the labour dispute between the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG).

His commendation follows CETAG’s two-month-old strike, which brought academic activities to a standstill in all 46 colleges of education in the country.

The strike was due to the government’s delay in implementing their national labour commission’s arbitral award and negotiated conditions of service.

However, after a series of negotiations on Monday (19 August), the government’s team and the teachers reached an agreement on the concerns of the teachers.

In an interview with Asaase News, Gamey expressed satisfaction that the dispute had been resolved.

“I’m happy that they have eventually agreed to go back to work and I hope and pray that lessons have been learned and we will not repeat this kind of error again.”

“That said, I want to credit the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations and say that in every country as far as I know, and I haven’t been an operator in that ministry before, that any government that takes the activities of labour for granted does so at its own peril and I pray that it will never, never be done that way again,” Gamey said.

A member of CETAG at the Wesley College of Education, Humphry Assem Darkeh, said the resumption of academic activities will be communicated after a meeting with their highest leadership later today. He spoke to Asaase News.

“The team that represented CETAG will come back and report to council. Council is the highest decision making body. So it’s not a done deal yet until council has met. Council will look into the agreement that has been signed and decide whether to call off the strike or not to call off the strike,” Assem Darkeh added.

Reporting by Clankson Acheampong in Accra

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