CLOGSAG declares nationwide strike
The Civil and Local Government Staff Association, Ghana (CLOGSAG), has declared a nationwide strike effective today, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, over the government’s failure to implement a new salary structure for its members.
At a press conference in Accra yesterday, the Association stated that the implementation of the new salary structure, which was agreed upon with the Government and due for implementation since January 2023, had been delayed for one and a half years. CLOGSAG thus directed its members and secretariats across the country to “stay away from work” from the effective date.
“All staff of the civil and local government service should stay away from work until further notice. Similarly, all CLOGSAG Secretariat Offices are closed,” said Mr. Isaac Bampoe Addo, Executive Secretary of CLOGSAG.
He explained that the decision was taken by CLOGSAG’s National Executive Council, the only body with the power to overturn the directive.
In 2022, CLOGSAG signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government that effective January 1, 2023, civil and local government staff would be placed on a new salary structure, in response to persistent calls by CLOGSAG for improved working conditions.
The Ghana News Agency has gathered that the National Labour Commission will meet with the executives of CLOGSAG, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, and the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, to discuss the way forward. When asked if CLOGSAG would participate in the meeting, Mr. Addo said: “We will decide tomorrow morning.”
Ahead of the press conference, the GNA observed Tuesday afternoon that many offices at the Ministerial enclave, as well as trees and signposts at road intersections, had red bands to signal the intended nationwide strike. Some members of CLOGSAG were also clad in red as they went about their work in some offices within the Ministerial enclave.
