{"id":260423,"date":"2016-10-21T14:48:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=260423"},"modified":"2016-10-21T14:48:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T14:48:06","slug":"return-to-work-or-lose-your-pay-ag-to-state-attorneys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/return-to-work-or-lose-your-pay-ag-to-state-attorneys\/","title":{"rendered":"Return to work or lose your pay – AG to State Attorneys"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Attorney General (AG) has directed all striking members of the Association of State Attorneys to resume work from today, Friday, October 21, 2016 or lose their remuneration.<\/p>\n
The AG directive is based on an order issued by the National Labour Commission (NLC) over the ongoing strike by the Attorneys.<\/p>\n
The Association of State Attorneys declared a strike on Thursday over government’s inability to resolve some outstanding issues relating to their salaries.<\/p>\n
They also raised a number of other concerns including the failure to enforce an earlier ruling by the National Labour Commission.<\/p>\n
But speaking to\u00a0Citi News’<\/strong> Umaru Sanda, the Public Relations Officer of the Attorney General’s Department , Ebenezer Owusu Ansah denied claims that the AG had failed to enforce the NLC’s ruling, saying\u00a0“It is not true. There were five issues that were brought before the National Labour Commission that is 1.salaries and benefits. 2. Retentional Single Spine. 3. SSNIT numbers to be sent to controller and I will like to say categorically that all these issues have been looked at.”<\/p>\n According to him, the State Attorneys were categorically instructed not to embark on a strike but they defied that directive.<\/p>\n “The Ministry, the Fair and Wages,Labour Commission have met at the National Labour Commission and these issues were discussed and they were categorically told not to go on strike, that was the directive.”<\/p>\n Reliefs being sought<\/strong><\/p>\n The reliefs being sought by State Attorneys are:<\/p>\n State Attorneys call off strike<\/strong><\/p>\n State attorneys embarked on a strike about three months ago over the same issues.<\/p>\n\n