Government has denied claims by the agitated labour unions demanding the release of their tier two pension contributions that government did not submit a working plan to address their concerns.
The unions have blamed government for the deadlock in negotiations and blamed government taking an entrenched position after failing to submit a comprehensive plan to solve the situation.
A Deputy Minister of Communication, Ato Sarpong told Citi News, the unions rejected a government proposal on the adoption of a master plan pension scheme for the management of their pension contributions.
[contextly_sidebar id=”MEtxnFKufp8HnEr06rltPUBPkFso09v0″]He explained saying, “I think we did submitted a proposal and the proposal was that we will need a master scheme which they rejected so some proposal was submitted.”
According to him, although the proposal did not meet their expectation, it is unfair “to say that we didn’t submit anything at all; we did.”
The unions called off their indefinite strike last week following a court order secured by the government.
The Deputy Minister remarked that since both parties are unwilling to compromise, an independent arbitrator like the court will be in a better position to rule on the matter.
He said that it will be “disrespectful and unfair” to the court if the 12 labour unions embark on another strike and thus appealed to the leadership of the unions to allow the courts to decide.
Meanwhile, the unions have scheduled a meeting to agree on an appropriate action to register their displeasure over government’s decision not to transfer their tier two pension contributions into their registered schemes.
The unions last week promised to adopt certain measures to get their grievances addressed after government secured a court injunction against their indefinite strike.
By: Efua Idan Osam/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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