The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) says its nationwide strike action will continue despite a court injunction secured by the National Labour Commission (NLC), citing the fact that no official notice of the injunction has been received by the association.
The strike, which began earlier this week, is in protest of delays in the implementation of the 2024 Collective Agreement, including unpaid allowances and delayed postings. The action has already caused widespread disruption in health services across the country.
On June 5, 2025, the High Court’s Industrial and Labour Division in Accra granted the NLC an interlocutory injunction against the strike, branding it as illegal. However, GRNMA’s leadership insists the injunction has not yet been formally served to them and therefore cannot be considered enforceable.
Speaking to Citi News on Friday, June 6, Joseph Krampah, the association’s Public Relations Officer, said the GRNMA respects both the court and the Labour Commission but emphasized due process must be followed.
“They think that they should serve us a letter; we can’t prevent them, but what constitutes an illegal strike? When in Ghana has the Labour Commission said that this strike is legal? It is only illegal when they don’t inform your office about the intended strike, and we did—you had the letter,” Krampah argued.
He further stressed, “If you are declaring it as illegal or whatever and you are bringing injunction, that is your job to do, and we respect the court and the NLC very much. We are law-abiding people. But just that things that we have not seen, we cannot act on them. I am saying that we haven’t received any letter. None of the executives have been served any letter about that. So till we know that, aluta continua.”
The GRNMA strike has drawn mixed reactions, with some members of the public expressing concern over its impact on patient care, while others support the nurses’ demands for improved working conditions. As the standoff continues, all eyes remain on whether the NLC will succeed in enforcing the court order — and how the government intends to respond to the nurses’ grievances.
