{"id":69843,"date":"2014-11-29T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T13:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=69843"},"modified":"2014-11-29T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T18:28:21","slug":"adomi-bridge-workers-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/adomi-bridge-workers-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Adomi bridge workers on strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
Construction workers undertaking the extensive rehabilitation of the Adomi Bridge in the Asuogyaman\u00a0District in the Eastern Region have laid down their tools.<\/p>\n
According to the 59 workers made up of welder fabricators and laborers, the strike is to demand better wages and salaries.<\/p>\n
A leader of the Local Union of workers at the site, Isaac Sakyi told Citi News,<\/strong> the were enegaged in salary negotiations with management but the negotiations were terminated.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”0AC471JLXGbZYJE79uW2BAViWhTPQ0IQ”]He accused the management of shortchanging the workers saying, \u201csince some of us\u00a0 started work nine months ago, we have been poorly remunerated so we feel cheated.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, a Labor Consultant working for management had told the striking workers that a bargaining certificate was not available therefore, the negotiations had to be terminated.<\/p>\n But an angry Sakyi asked \u201cif he knew that the bargaining certificate was not ready, why did he allow us to do the previous meetings?\u201d<\/p>\n Sakyi also argued that the absence of a signed document meant the agreement was not effective.<\/p>\n