According to him, the recent developments should send a message to government and the various labour unions in the country to avert the recurrence of the unrest.
He was of the view that government and the Labour Commission including the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission should take a critical look at the issues that necessitated the industrial actions, specifically by doctors and the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) which has also threatened to embark on a strike action if no consensus is reached on the Single Spine Pay Policy.
To him, “if they critically look at the issue that is before them right now.; if it is payment struggling, can a compromise be reached in such a way that it will also be fair to the employee, looking at the circumstances that we find ourselves? All of us need to learn a lesson from this impasse, so that we don’t repeat them. And I think that is the most important thing that we need to learn as a nation, to learn from our mistakes that we don’t repeat them.”
He further said the authorities should settle the dispute in “good faith” to convince the doctors to resume work.
Speaking in an interview with Joy FM, he advised all the parties not to take entrenched positions but reach a compromise to resolve the conflict.
He stressed that “all of them should move their entrenched position.
The government says it’s gotten a judgement, the workers are disputing that that is not the judgement that has been delivered. So, they all need to sit down, the workers need to compromise; government need to, so they get a fair deal.”
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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