GCB Bank is set for another confrontation with the Union of Industry, Commerce and Finance Workers (UNICOF) over claims of interference by the management of the bank.<\/p>\n
UNICOF has subsequently served notice to embark on a strike next week to press home their demands if there is no appropriate response to their concerns.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”31OCdEgbzwpYk7zlL1Z6w3tXAH6PCGeU”]The Union said that GCB has failed to respect its mandate as well as its right to function independently.<\/p>\n
According to the UNICOF, GCB Bnk has ceased the remission of membership subscription fees and has refused to recognize representatives of the National Union.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi Business News<\/strong>, the General Secretary of UNICOF, John Esiape said the bank must comply with the stipulated labour laws to prevent any damning consequence<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019What GCB has decided is that they will not obey the instruction we have given in accordance with section 111 of the labour law and deduct dues from our members; the same law says when you deduct such dues, you must remit the union within a month\u00a0 and other agencies including the GTUC,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n But the union is arguing that GCB is calling the bluff of the Trades Union Congress and the mother union.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019If we should allow this to stand, no union will survive in this country and we will go back to the bad old days\u2019\u2019 Mr Esiape warned.<\/p>\n He told Citi Business News that \u201cthe decisions of management not to recognize the Union\u2019s representatives\u00a0 is tantamount to a declaration of war\u2019\u2019\u00a0 Mr Esiape added that the current happenings at GCB Bank must be of concern to all Ghanaians as \u2018\u2019We are likely to go the way that Merchant Bank did\u00a0 and we appear to be at that junction\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n GCB Response<\/strong><\/p>\n GCB Bank when contacted by Citi Business News<\/strong> said it will not respond to the matter immediately. Howeber Citi Business News<\/strong> has sighted a letter from the Bank to UNICOF, signed by the bank’s Head of Human Resources, Francis Danyi, dated 4th February 2015, asking the union to resolve its issues with electing new members following the abortive delegates conference last year.<\/p>\n