The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has warned that its members will not call off their ongoing strike unless the government agrees to its revised demands on conditions of service.
The association says it has made significant concessions in an attempt to resolve the dispute, but remains dissatisfied with the government’s response to its proposals.
JUSAG General Secretary, Abdulai Yakubu, said the revised demands represented the association’s best possible compromise, leaving the government with an opportunity to end the industrial action.
Speaking on the Channel One Newsroom on Saturday, November 7, Mr Yakubu said the association initially submitted its demands to the Presidency but reconsidered its position after the government’s feedback failed to address its concerns.
He explained that the leadership subsequently revised the demands to make them more achievable for the government, but warned that members would remain on strike if the new proposals were not accepted.
“At our last meeting, we outlined the demands that we wanted to be met, which was conveyed to the Presidency and we were expecting feedback. The feedback came and it did not satisfy the demands that we have had and so we decided to revise our position to make it easy for government to meet those demands,” he said.
Mr Yakubu stressed that the association had gone as far as it could in making concessions and expected the government to respond positively.
He maintained that failure to reach an agreement on the revised demands would leave the association with no option but to sustain the strike.
“We made it clear that the revised position was the best we could do for the government and if the government wouldn’t agree to the demands that we are making, we may continue the strike,” he added.
