{"id":59336,"date":"2014-10-24T20:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=59336"},"modified":"2014-10-25T08:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-10-25T08:00:18","slug":"well-take-disingenuous-labour-on-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=59336","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll challenge \u2018disingenuous\u2019 labour groups \u2013 Gov&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has stated categorically that it will not fear to put striking labour unions in their right place, especially when it believes they are wrong in their latest decision to declare an indefinite strike.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Minister for Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine admitted that though there are consequences associated with taking the various groups on, government will still go ahead with its decision to drag the unions to court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing wrong with having a collision with labour. When labour believes government is wrong they don\u2019t back down so I don\u2019t see anything wrong with having a collision with labour but we have to be fair to ourselves that organized labour can also go wrong from time to time,\u201d Dr. Ayine added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a government we cannot damn the consequences of taking them on. \u00a0We are keenly aware of the consequence and we will be taking measures to address those consequences as events unfold,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;qJBfLx9bPlwsX3RYIknpIrQQkODLPFjE&#8221;]Twelve labour unions are <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/21\/labour-confirms-strike-on-wednesday\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">on an indefinite strike<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to protest government\u2019s failure to pay public service workers, their tier two pension funds into a private account.<\/p>\n<p>Though the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Haruna Iddrisu earlier kicked against the decision, describing it as unnecessary and unlawful, the strike was\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/10\/23\/labour-strike-doctors-are-complying-gma-insists\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">fully implemented by some labour groups<\/span>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ayine also dismissed claims that the groups were unaware that their pension funds were intact and safe, saying \u201clabour has representation on the NPRA board so it is not actually true that they are unaware of the temporary pension fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the opposition from the various labour groups is because they want to manage the scheme themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the workers are clamouring for is for them to be able to manage the schemes themselves but this is an employer sponsored scheme and not an employee sponsored scheme so how can we have employees sponsoring the scheme instead of the employer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ayine said government will take a decision after the court has given its final ruling on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has stated categorically that it will not fear to put striking labour unions in their right place, especially when it believes they are wrong in their latest decision to declare an indefinite strike. 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