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The leadership of the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG) is expected to meet with the National Labour Commission (NLC) today in preparation for its members’ forthcoming indefinite strike.
According to the association, the strike decision is the result of unaddressed issues expressed by its members. MOWAG is explicitly pressing the government to meet the service conditions that were mutually agreed upon in 2020.
In an interview with Citi News on Tuesday, MOWAG General Secretary Richard Kofi Jordan voiced concern that the government has not proven adequate commitment to addressing workers’ problems thus far.
“We have a meeting with the NLC at 11 am at the NLC’s office. We are trying to respect the law by going to the commission in the morning because we want to see what the Ministry or, for that matter, the government is bringing on board finally to the table. Then we are able to decide whether we should put Ghanaians through this mess or not. We don’t go into these things in bad faith, or we cannot take an entrenched position. If whatever they present is worthy of taking home, why not?”
“We are not interested in putting Ghanaians through hell. The only reason we are doing this is that we are fed up with the commitments of ‘we will do that,’ and it is not happening,” he stated.
