{"id":144722,"date":"2015-08-19T17:06:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T17:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=144722"},"modified":"2015-08-19T17:07:06","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T17:07:06","slug":"government-should-not-be-negotiating-with-gma-labour-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=144722","title":{"rendered":"Government should not be negotiating with GMA \u2013 Labour Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Labor analyst Seth Aboloso, has asked government to cease all negotiations with the Ghana Medical Association(GMA) as it is not\u00a0the right institution to negotiate with the\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/16\/gma-strike-crisis-situation-at-37-hospital-emergency-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\">striking doctors<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, \u00a0the Ghana Health Service (GHS) which is the immediate employer of doctors should rather be negotiating with the doctors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;CWPOgRtOES7nm7BKFJNe7sOHF5s0glAE&#8221;]\u201cIn this negotiation, government directly has no place. The Ghana Medical Association needs to be negotiating with the Ghana Health Service, which is the employer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Aboloso added that \u201cIf we will recognize that we need to operate in accordance with the law, then in my considered opinion, government should withdraw and let Ghana Health Service take its place in the negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further suggested that the health service should play its rightful role for <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/15\/doctors-strike-extension-conducive-for-renegotiations-mp\/\" target=\"_blank\">negotiations<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to go forward.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister of health, Alex Segbefia on Tuesday\u00a0asked heads of the various public hospitals to submit names of all doctors who failed to report to work on Wednesday,August 19, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/18\/gma-strike-177-cuban-doctors-heading-to-ghana-to-help-alex-segbefia\/\" target=\"_blank\">177 Cuban doctors<\/a><\/span> <\/strong>are expected to arrive in\u00a0the country to help\u00a0ease the burden on doctors working in government hospitals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public doctors have been on strike since June 30 over demands for a <strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/17\/no-conditions-of-service-no-work-gma-insists\/\" target=\"_blank\">codified terms of condition of service<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Jeffrey Owuraku Sarpong\/citifmonline\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Labor analyst Seth Aboloso, has asked government to cease all negotiations with the Ghana Medical Association(GMA) as it is not\u00a0the right institution to negotiate with the\u00a0striking doctors. According to him, \u00a0the Ghana Health Service (GHS) which is the immediate employer of doctors should rather be negotiating with the doctors. 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