{"id":32942,"date":"2014-07-18T18:02:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=32942"},"modified":"2014-07-18T19:41:58","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T19:41:58","slug":"reconsider-decision-to-boycott-work-govt-to-organised-labour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/reconsider-decision-to-boycott-work-govt-to-organised-labour\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconsider decision to boycott work – Gov’t to Organised Labour"},"content":{"rendered":"
Government<\/span> is appealing to Organised<\/span> Labour<\/span> to \u2018\u2019reconsider their decision\u2019\u2019 to protest and boycott work on Thursday, 24 July, 2014 and rather engage government constructively in a dialogue.<\/p>\n \u201cGovernment appeals to organized labour<\/span> to reconsider their decision and engage government<\/span> in constructive dialogue and consultations with a view to addressing the issues raised within the constraints of the national budget and the overall performance of the economy,\u2019\u2019 a statement signed by Minister for Employment and Labour<\/span> Relations, Haruna Iddrisu said.<\/p>\n Organised<\/span> Labour<\/span>\u00a0at a press conference on Friday declared a one-day national protest, \u00a0asking all workers under the umbrella to boycott work on Thursday, 24th July, 2014.<\/p>\n \u201d\u2026<\/span>To back these demands and as a demonstration of our serious concern over the existing state of affairs, Organised<\/span> Labour<\/span> declares a one day national protestation on Thursday July<\/span> 24, 2014,\u201d said the\u00a0General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Kofi Asamoah.<\/p>\n He explained that on that day, \u201call workers including<\/span> those of you in the media, formal and informal are to stay away from work and converge at designated locations in Accra and other regional capitals to demonstrate.\u201d [Click here to read in full what Organised<\/span> Labour<\/span> said.<\/a><\/span><\/strong>]<\/span> Find below\u00a0the press statement from the Minister appealing to Organised Labour to reconsider boycott decision.<\/p>\n ORGANIZED LABOUR\u2019S PRESS CONFERENCE<\/b><\/p>\n Government\u2019s attention has been drawn to a declaration of a work boycott (strike action) on Thursday 24th July, 2014 at a press conference addressed by the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on behalf of organized labour<\/span>.<\/p>\n Government appeals to organized labour<\/span> to reconsider their decision and engage government<\/span> in constructive dialogue and consultations with a view to addressing the issues raised within the constraints of the national budget and the overall performance of the economy.<\/p>\n (Signed)<\/p>\n HARUNA IDDRISU (MP)<\/b><\/p>\n Minister for Employment and Labour<\/span> Relations<\/b><\/p>\n (18TH<\/sup> July, 2014)<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Evans Effah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Government is appealing to Organised Labour to \u2018\u2019reconsider their decision\u2019\u2019 to protest and boycott work on Thursday, 24 July, 2014 and rather engage government constructively in a dialogue. \u201cGovernment appeals to organized labour to reconsider their decision and engage government in constructive dialogue and consultations with a view to addressing the issues raised within the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":9378,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"yoast_head":"\n
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