COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STAFF ABOUT TO GO ON INDEFINATE STRIKE

      Colleges of Education Staff has issued a joint communiqué (CETAG and CENTSAG) expressing their displeasure and disappointment at the way Government has handled issues affecting the welfare of our members in the 46 colleges of education over the years. Also, they addressed some outstanding concerns of both CETAG and CENTSAG. Finally, they stated unequivocally that by Friday, 11^th November, 2022 if their demands have not been met,

 they shall reactivate their indefinite strike actions which they suspended on January 24 and April 14, 2022 respectively.

 Below is what was communicated in the above letter.

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION STAFF               

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

 TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF

GHANA (CETAG)

COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

NON-TEACHING STAFF

ASSOCIATION OF GHANA

(CENTSAG)

N A T I O N A L         S E C R E T A R I A T S  

Your Ref: …………………………………… Mobile #: 0203811964  / 0201046398

Our Ref: CETAG-CENTSAG/JCQ/11.6/22                                                              Date: 6th November, 2022

 

 

DISTRIBUTION:

Director-General, GTEC

The President, PRINCOF

All Local Branches, CETAG

All Local Branches, CENTSAG

All Media Houses

 

JOINT-COMMUNIQUÉ BY CETAG AND CENTSAG 

 

1.      The leaderships of the Colleges of Education Teachers Association of Ghana (CETAG) and the Colleges of Education Non-Teaching Staff Association of Ghana (CENTSAG) wish to express our displeasure and disappointment at the way Government has handled issues affecting the welfare of our members in the 46 colleges of education over the years. 

2.      In this regard, we are by this joint-communiqué giving the employer five crucial working days to address the following outstanding concerns of both CETAG and CENTSAG:

i)          Non-finalisation of CETAG’s Conditions of Service (CoS) negotiations which started on        

14^th August, 2021 and has direct implications for CENTSAG’s own CoS. 

ii)        Unilateral determination of April 2023 by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) as effective date for placing First Degree Holders of CENTSAG on 17H on the SSSS. iii) Undue delay by the Ministry of Education in responding to our request for payment of compensation for all-year-round work to both teaching and non-teaching staff.

iv)     Deliberate variation of Fuel, Vehicle Maintenance and Off-Campus allowances of CETAG and CENTSAG members as compared to our counterparts in other analogous institutions in the face of rising cost of fuel prices in the country.

v)        Unfair retrospective deductions of office holding allowances paid to some members of CENTSAG and CETAG. 

3.      Finally, we want to state unequivocally that by Friday, 11^th November, 2022 if our demands have not been met, we shall reactivate our indefinite strike actions which we suspended on January 24 and   April 14, 2022 respectively.