The management of the company after several calls have refused to reinstate the 32 workers which it said breached its ethical rules.

[contextly_sidebar id=”zbqHoF7nsruaIPyR4tICNM4M9uGPbGx2″]The management of TV3 in February this year announced the dismissal of the staff for engaging in various actions considered a “breach of the ethics and legal requirements.”

A statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Jimi Matthews, dated February 28, 2017, said the affected staff from various departments, embarked on an industrial action without following due procedure.

Earlier attempts to address the problem and have the sacked staff reinstated have not succeeded as TV3 has hesitated to reemploy them.

But speaking to Citi News, the General Secretary of the PSWU, Richard Ampaabeng said the workers were expecting an amicable solution at the Labour Commission.

“There was a discussion between the TUC [Trades Union Congress] and lawyers for TV3 to the effect that there will be amicable talks and see how it will go and report to the labour commission. We met, talked about the issues and the discussion was around TV3 and the fact that the timelines we gave ourselves are running out we are yet to hear anything from them. But Labour Commission has written a letter again that we needed to appear before them on 26^th April, that is next week Wednesday, perhaps at the hearing, TV3 management may come with a position after bouncing the matter before their affiliate body,” he said.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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A statement signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Jimi Matthews, dated February 28, 2017, said the affected staff from various departments, embarked on an industrial action without following due procedure.

The statement noted that, the staff, including  those from marketing and editorial departments, took part in the strike spanning about a week “without serving notice of their intentions to management, and without providing management with an opportunity to engage with the aggrieved personnel.”

“The actions included, but was not limited to, writing threatening statements on a staircase threatening dire action, hoisting of red flags on the transmission mast, and other places inside the premises, and subsequently wearing red attire and armbands signifying support for the disruption of the work process.”

The statement further added that, their actions would have dire operational and financial implications on the company, and said the actions formed its basis for the dismissal.

It has however advised the affected staff to use the appropriate platforms to seek redress if they find the action to be unfair.

None of the affected staff has spoken on the matter yet, as it remains unclear what may have sparked the agitation that led to the dismissal.

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