The national executives of the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSSAG), on Friday met with the Minister of Employment to review their day-old strike over unpaid allowances.<\/p>\n
The meeting, according to Citi News<\/strong> sources, follows another\u00a0meeting held on\u00a0Thursday with Labour Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, and\u00a0a subsequent letter from government assuring\u00a0the workers of its commitment\u00a0to meet their demands.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”xSVERvhqWrzVHRVBBVIsZTugDaqAmKFh”]JUSSAG embarked on the industrial action citing\u00a0government’s failure to implement a new salary structure\u00a0approved by the Judicial Council many months ago.<\/p>\n Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Fred Djabanor reported that both parties \u201care hoping to resolve the issue by close of day.\u201d<\/p>\n Courts locked<\/strong><\/p>\n When Citi News<\/strong> visited the High court premises in Accra, all the offices were locked.<\/p>\n Fred Djabnor observed that \u201cnothing is happening at the court, all the court rooms are locked, and all the other offices located in the premises of the court are also locked.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cToday we didn\u2019t have a lot of people coming into the court to have their cases heard but there was one striking thing; Directors of the judicial service were not at post. Usually when there is a strike, these top officials remain at post but today none of them were at post. I\u2019m talking about finance, works and structural development directors were are all not at post.\u201d<\/p>\n Ashanti Region <\/strong><\/p>\n In the Ashanti Region, Citi News\u2019<\/strong> correspondent reported from the Kumasi High and the Court of Appeal\u00a0that litigants had to return home because the courts were locked.<\/p>\n A litigant told Citi News<\/strong> that \u201cwhen I came the place was locked; All I could see are red bands on the doors. I am highly disappointed because I\u2019ve wasted the whole day. That\u2019s the reason why I came and because they are not working, I have to go and return later.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n