The Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) is demanding the immediate implementation of staff migration and year-round work compensation as stipulated in the National Labour Commission’s arbitral awards.
CETAG has expressed frustration over delays, accusing the government of failing to fulfil its promises four months after the union called off its longest-ever indefinite strike.
According to CETAG, only four out of the 46 colleges have fully received their year-round compensation, leaving many members without the payments owed to them.
The strike, which lasted from June 14 to August 19, 2024, centred on the demand for one month’s salary as compensation for additional duties performed in 2022, based on CETAG’s proposed salary grade. The association also sought the migration of Colleges of Education teachers onto their affiliate university payrolls by October 30, 2024.
Speaking to Citi News, CETAG National President Maxwell Bunu accused the government of deliberately withholding their rightful arbitration awards without justification. He warned that members are prepared to boycott lectures starting January 13, 2025, if their demands are not met.
CETAG is calling for urgent action to address the delays and ensure that teachers are fairly compensated, warning that further inaction could disrupt academic activities across Colleges of Education nationwide.
“We want to assure the outgoing and the incoming governments that until this is done, no college lecturer will step his or her feet into the classroom to teach come January 13, 2025. So the two governments should collaborate and get this done for the college teacher”.
Mr Bunu further called on the Nana Addo government to ensure that their demands are fully addressed before December 20, 2024.
“All members of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) are earnestly appealing to the outgoing government, in particular, to take steps to migrate all staff to the university salary structure as we have all agreed at several meetings.
“We are also asking them to pay the all-year-round work compensation that we deserve for the work that we did in the year 2022”.
