On July 10, 2023, Organized Labour will go on an indefinite strike to press Sunon Asogli Power Company to restore three local union leaders who were fired.
After affiliating with the Ghana Mine Workers Union, which works under the auspices of the Trades Union Congress, the union leaders were fired (TUC).
The industrial action comes after many demands that the corporation restore the employees.
The TUC Secretary General, Dr. Yaw Baah, claims that efforts to fix the matter have been made, but to no avail. As a result, they have taken action.
Addressing journalists in Accra on June 26, Dr Yaw Baah said, “We met here and informed you about the violation of workers’ rights by Sunon Asogli. As we speak, three of our colleagues have been sacked. On June 1, we met here, and we gave a deadline of June 26, for them to be reinstated. As of now, our friends are still home. We have engaged with Minister for Employment and Labour Relations, government officials, stakeholders, but they are still home. Today Organized Labour has made a decision that we will not allow this to go on. If our government will sit down for union leaders to be treated this way, we cannot sit down and do nothing.
“This morning, Organized Labour leaders have met, and our decision is very clear, all union members in this country, on July 10, if our three brothers have not been reinstated, no worker will go to work on July 10. That is very simple and clear, I want to repeat, on Monday, July 10, all workers of Ghana are going to stay at home, if our brothers are not reinstated”.
Dr. Baah further cautioned that both civil and public service workers as well as commercial drivers will also not work on the scheduled strike date.
“Workers both in public and civil service, Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) will stay at home, no vehicles will move on July 10 in this country. This is the decision we have made, I think this is clear and simple, comrades,” the Secretary General of the TUC stated.
