The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Dr. Yaw Baah has thanked the government for the 30 per cent salary increment for public sector workers.
He said although they were expecting much higher than that, the 30 per cent will help labour to work hard to return the economy to where it was prior to the Covid outbreak.
Speaking after the announcement of the increment in Accra on Thursday January 12, he said “Even though the 30 per centis not what ideally we wanted, it will create that opportunity for us to speak one language and work together to make sure our country recovers to where we were before the Covid.
“On behalf of my people, I will like to say a big thank you to government for this offer, we are very grateful.”
The Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta also thanked labour organizations for cooperating with the government to arrive at the 30 per cent salary increment.
He stated that the government was interested in ensuring peace within the labour front hence, the 30 per cent increment.
On Thursday January 12, the Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour-Awuah announced the increment in a meeting with labour unions.
The increment took effect January 1, 2023.
Mr Baffuor -Awuah said “Since August last year, we started meeting to determine the base pay for 2023.
“This was after in July, we had worked together to grant a COLA of 15 per cent, being a relief for hardships that the Ghanaian worker was enduring. It was our hope to have completed this negotiation by December 2022.