Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) are set to commence an indefinite nationwide strike today, Monday, March 9.
The strike action is in protest against what the association describes as persistent delays in implementing their agreed conditions of service.
The industrial action is expected to disrupt activities across a number of ministries, departments and agencies, as well as local government offices throughout the country, where members of the association constitute a substantial portion of the administrative workforce.
CLOGSAG’s leadership maintains that the decision to embark on the strike follows several unsuccessful attempts to engage the government on the matter.
The development comes despite an order from the National Labour Commission directing the association to suspend the planned strike and resume negotiations.
However, CLOGSAG has instructed its members nationwide to disregard the directive and proceed with the industrial action, insisting that the government has not adequately responded to their concerns.
Speaking ahead of the strike, the Public Relations Officer of the association, Edmund Aquaye, said the union had not received any formal communication from the government since the strike notice was issued last week.
Since last Thursday, when we gave the announcement for the strike, the National Executive Council of CLOGSAG has still not heard anything from our employer, and for that matter, our strike is still on. We are entreating all CLOGSAG members, wherever they are, not to go to work on March 9,” he stated.
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