The University of Ghana, Legon (UG) branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), has rejected a proposal by government to pay its members $1,600 as research allowance. It has thus declared a strike on January 3. In a letter co-signed by the President and General Secretary Dr Samuel Nkumbaan and Prof Ransford Gyampo, […]
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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has expressed dissatisfaction with negotiations with government so far on members’ conditions of service. According to UTAG, the employer has shown bad faith since the negotiations began a month ago. The university lecturers suspended a strike action, triggered on Monday, August 2, 2021, to return to the negotiation table. “During […]
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The newly elected Secretary for the striking University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) Professor Ransford Gyampo says the regular meetings between the association and government have little value for their concerns. According to him, UTAG has no confidence in the ability of the national labour commission to resolve the impasse between them and the government. […]
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The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) says it will challenge the National Labour Commission’s injunction to have them return to work. The Association has been defiant of the court injunction secured by the Commission as they continue their strike, demanding the restoration of a 2012 Single Spine Salary Structure agreement that would see entry-level lecturers earn […]
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