{"id":66013,"date":"2014-11-18T07:26:50","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T07:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=66013"},"modified":"2014-11-18T07:26:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T07:26:50","slug":"petroleum-workers-defend-tuesdays-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/petroleum-workers-defend-tuesdays-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Petroleum workers defend Today’s strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0 General Secretary of the General Transport Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union \u00a0Fuseini Idrissu has defended an intended strike by Ghanaian\u00a0workers in the petroleum sector \u00a0on Tuesday<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, November 18 to demand MODEC workers to be re-instated unconditionally .<\/p>\n The solidarity strike, which will be backed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), will involve workers of the Petroleum Tankers Union; the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo), Bulk Oil Storage & Transportation Co. Ltd. (BOST), Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) among others.<\/p>\n The strike, if effected could lead to fuel shortages and cripple the petroleum sector.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”LfZ56E8ttqrncggPQPQTmvEoevJSUMrj”]The General Secretary speaking on the\u00a0Eyewitnes News<\/strong> said the rationale behind Tuesday’s strike is for the government and authorities to listen to the plights of the workers.<\/span><\/p>\n “If the government is sensitive to the plight of the workers, we think that they should be able to pick a decision to revert what we are planning to do tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n MODEC dismissed about forty (40) of its Ghanaian workers who refused to sign a bond to be of good behaviour after being on strike to demand an increment in their salaries.<\/p>\n