An industrial relations expert, Kofi Davor says organized labour is agitating against the government because the leadership of the nation is acting as if \u00a0the nation is not facing challenges.<\/p>\n
He said the government is \u201cdoing things as if there is no problem at all\u2026that is where I think the problem is.\u201d<\/p>\n
There have been series of demonstrations and agitations in Ghana\u2019s labour front over the high cost of living, the inability of the government to increase the salaries of public sector workers among others.<\/p>\n
Organized Labour is set to embark on a nationwide strike on Thursday to protest the current economic hardships in the country and the seeming failure of leadership to swiftly address these challenges.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, Mr. Davor recalled that although the existing situation in Ghana is better than in 1983, \u201cwe [Ghana] had a clear direction to where we were going whether for good or for bad.\u201d<\/p>\n He dismissed assertions that organized labour do not recognize the fact the country is facing challenges but he called on the government \u201cto sit up and see how leadership is managing these challenges. That is where I think the concern is.\u201d<\/p>\n The industrial relations expert mentioned that Ghanaians are living in an uncertain economic situation where so many uncertainties abound.<\/p>\n \u201cYou get up and all you realize is that the price of everything is going up and we have left everything to the markets,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n According to him, a developing economy like that of Ghana should not \u201cleave things to the market alone even though I admit that the market is important.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Davor admonished government \u201cto be up and doing in the way we manage so many things\u201d warning that if effective measures are not taken immediately, \u201cthese agitations and demands will go on and on.\u201d<\/p>\n He accused the National Labour Commission (NLC) and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) for contributing to the frequent labour agitations by wrongly implementing the Single Spine Salary Structure (SSSS).<\/p>\n He said the two institutions continuously made \u201cpanic decisions\u201d each time labour unions agitated over salaries by \u201crushing to satisfy the sections\u201d that the agitations were about.<\/p>\n Mr. Davor \u00a0said that there was no total costing for the SSSS implementation \u201cand as at today, we cannot have a definite decision on what market premium is.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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