{"id":156601,"date":"2015-10-02T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T09:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=156601"},"modified":"2015-10-02T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T09:00:08","slug":"compulsory-arbitration-between-modec-and-sacked-ghanaian-workers-breaks-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/compulsory-arbitration-between-modec-and-sacked-ghanaian-workers-breaks-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Compulsory arbitration between Modec and sacked Ghanaian workers breaks down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citi Business News has learnt the compulsory arbitration between Modec and the sacked Ghanaian workers of FPSO Kwame Nkrumah has broken down.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;ucNIA91GVc5PwREd84xhpw9yCmxx1e59&#8243;]The two were directed to go into compulsory arbitration by the National Labour Commission (NLC) in July this year.<\/p>\n<p>This was after talks between the workers and Modec over the dismissal broke down.<\/p>\n<p>MODEC refused to reinstate the workers despite an MOU signed between them and the union in November 2014 to reinstate 15 of the 19 sacked workers.<\/p>\n<p>The move pushed the NLC to announce in July that it cannot force MODEC to reinstate the workers but directed it to begin negotiations with the workers on a suitable severance package.<\/p>\n<p>19 Ghanaian workers on the FPSO Kwame Nkrumah were sacked by Modec,\u00a0 last year for embarking on a sit down strike over poor conditions of service as compared to their expatriate colleagues on the storage vessel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By:\u00a0 Vivian Kai Lokko\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citi Business News has learnt the compulsory arbitration between Modec and the sacked Ghanaian workers of FPSO Kwame Nkrumah has broken down. 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