UTAG strike: Court grants NLC interlocutory injunction
Unable to have reached an agreement for an out-of-court settlement twice, the NLC’s legal team pleaded with the court for an interlocutory injunction against the strike by UTAG before the court hears its substantive case seeking enforcement of its order to UTAG to call off their industrial action.
The Labour Division of the Accra High Court has granted an interlocutory injunction being sought by the National Labour Commission (NLC), to compel the Universities Teachers Association Ghana (UTAG), to comply with its January 13, 2022 decision.
Per the said decision, the National Labour Commission ordered the striking University Teachers Association to call off its ongoing industrial action and resume negotiations with its employers.
Unable to have reached an agreement for an out-of-court settlement twice, the NLC’s legal team pleaded with the court for an interlocutory injunction against the strike by UTAG before the court hears its substantive case seeking enforcement of its order to UTAG to call off their industrial action.
Even though the lawyer for UTAG, Kwasi Keli-Delataa objected and pleaded with the court to deal with the substantive matter before it, presiding judge, Justice Frank Rockson Aboadwe said the negotiations by both parties would not produce the needed results if the strike continues.
The case has therefore been adjourned to February 22, 2022.
Currently, in its fifth week of the strike, UTAG wants the government to restore the conditions of service that were agreed on in 2012, which pegged the Basic plus Market Premium of a lecturer at $2,084.42.
Currently, members of the association are paid a premium of $997.84
