{"id":32862,"date":"2014-07-18T12:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=32862"},"modified":"2014-07-18T13:52:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T13:52:58","slug":"organised-labour-to-boycott-work-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=32862","title":{"rendered":"Organised Labour to boycott work Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Organised<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Labour<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> has declared a one-day national protest and is asking all workers under the umbrella to boycott work on Thursday<\/span>, 24th July, 2014.<\/p>\n

”…<\/span>To back these demands and as a demonstration of our serious concern over the existing state of affairs, Organised<\/span><\/span> Labour<\/span><\/span> declares a one day national protestation on Thursday July<\/span><\/span> 24, 2014,” said the\u00a0General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Kofi Asamoah.<\/p>\n

He explained that on that day, “all workers including<\/span> those of you in the media, formal and informal are to stay away from work and converge at designated locations in Accra and other regional capitals to demonstrate.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Asamoah announced this at a press conference in Accra on Friday.<\/p>\n

According to him, the move is to\u00a0express the displeasure of labour<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> over government’s decisions and<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the worsening economic situation in the country.<\/p>\n

He therefore urged workers in industries, employers and all well-meaning Ghanaians “feeling the pinch of the situation to support and join this clarion call; these actions have become necessary to express the frustrations of working people and Ghanaians on the high cost of living.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Asamoah<\/span> stated that workers are losing their jobs as businesses fold up.<\/p>\n

”Unemployment particularly<\/span> among the youth keeps rising, the energy situation is worsening and the taps are not flowing, as potable water continues<\/span> to be rationed<\/span> ;<\/span> existing taxes have been increased and many new and strange taxes are being introduced,” he further<\/span> explained.<\/p>\n

He added that the National Health Insurance Scheme is under serious financial stress and that the scheme has been unable to pay service providers.<\/p>\n

He also accused policy makers (government) of watching the Tema Oil Refinery ”die slowly”. ”Rail transportation which is<\/span> one of the safest, cost effective and reliable<\/span> means of transporting goods and people, have been allowed to almost collapse,” he noted.<\/p>\n

”It beats imagination why governments over the years have been paying lip service to revamp this important sector of public transportation,” Mr. Asamoah opined.<\/p>\n

The TUC boss in summary stressed that times are hard for working people and ”indeed the majority of Ghanaians”.<\/p>\n

”Prognosis on the economy is not good either; there is a limit to what working people and Ghanaians can take.”<\/p>\n

Organised<\/span> Labour,<\/span> therefore, is demanding that the government<\/span> pay immediate attention to the following demands;<\/p>\n

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  1. An immediate action by government to halt the depreciation of the Cedi and the rising cost of living.<\/li>\n
  2. Immediate policy initaitives<\/span> and measures to ensure the requiste<\/span> infrastructure, including put<\/span> on stream the gas pipeline and efficiency in the production and distribution of electricty<\/span>, water and other utilitis<\/span> to assure citizens against price hike<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Immediate downward review of prices of petroleum products<\/li>\n
  4. Immediate and effective policy measures to ensure that TOR operates in<\/span> full capacity<\/li>\n
  5. Immediate and concrete measures to ensure that the railway sector is revamped and the plight of the workers addressed, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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