The Big Issue,\u00a0<\/strong>on Saturday the industrial relations expert insisted\u00a0that the \u00a0strike must be called off while negotiations continue.<\/p>\n\u201cI think the only civilized thing to do is to go back to the table and talk. A lot of people have admonished the doctors to go back, if they go back, it gives them that opportunity to also talk to government and see if government will change its voice.\u201d<\/p>\n
He explained that \u201cnobody is saying they [doctors] don\u2019t have a case, what we are saying is that it\u2019s not going to take you this negotiations to deal with all the problems you have as a result of the absence of terms of conditions of employment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI also get the sense that the mass of the doctors have hijacked the whole process from their leadership. I\u2019m not saying they shouldn\u2019t take any mandate from their general council, that\u2019s where their power is according to their structures. So they need to go there and they need to listen to them but you cannot go there and ask a simple question like: are you satisfied with where we are? Do we continue with the strike or we go back to the table? What do you expect them to say? If you are going to subject a very important and sensitive process to this kind of populism, we are not going to get anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Where is the NLC?<\/strong><\/p>\nKofi Davor also questioned the deafening silence by the National Labour Commission (NLC) on the strike.<\/p>\n
\u201cI still ask the question, where is the National Labour Commission in all these. They can elect themselves; the law says they can summon the parties to a compulsory arbitration. So they have the mandate, they have the capacity to summon the parties for a decision to be made. It is becoming clear that the parties are unable to deal with the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n