Citi Business News<\/strong>, National Chairman of the Union, Kwarko Mensah Gyarkari said the members will present their case to parliament today.<\/p>\n\u201cThe next action is for us to go to parliament and let the government and other stakeholders hear us and call Goldfields to order, we are calling Goldfields to order.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added, \u201cOn the Goldfields website it clearly shows that the mines have a lifespan of about ten more years yet today they claim the life of the mines are only up to six-year, which information do they want us to go by now, this clearly shows that they are lying and we will take them on\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the General Secretary for the Trade Unions Congress (TUC), Dr. Anthony Yaw Baah has said that the TUC will fully support the Mine Workers Union in their plight.<\/p>\n
According to him the action taken by Goldfields infringes on the rights of the workers and hence the TUC will use every legal means to ensure that no worker is laid off.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will let them know that there is a union and law in this country, we are here to solidarize with them because that is what we do as a union, we will continue to do all we can to protect their interest and Ghana Mine Workers Union\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have made a move they have gone to court to try and stop this action by Goldfields and legally we are going to provide more support in terms of lawyers, in terms of our own experience in dealing with these issues, this is not the first time we are dealing with such an issue. I am just calling on Alfred Baku and the executives of Goldfields to come around and I did not expect such treatment from him to Ghanaians.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\u2013<\/p>\n
By: Anita Arthur\/citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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