The University of Ghana, Legon branch of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union (TEWU) began an indefinite sit-down strike to press home demands for the payment of salaries based on the new minimum daily wage of 5,500 cedis.
When GNA visited some of the departments on the University Campus, it found that apart from the Department of Statistics where classes were in progress for certificates students and the University Primary Schools, other departments were not working.
The Balme and the Law libraries, N-Block, the University Internal Mail, the Academic Offices and the School of Administration and Estate Department were closed.
However, the offices of the university's central administration were operating with the senior administrative staff at work.
The workers of the University of Ghana have been complaining about the high price of food, the increases in water and electricity bills and high transport fares.
Workers of universities in the country had, in a resolution released in Accra on Thursday given their managements until the close of work on July 16 to take steps to pay salaries based on the new minimum wage.
They said tension is mounting among workers due to the delay in effecting payment of salaries based on the new daily minimum wage.
The resolution was passed by TEWU and the Federation of Universities Senior Staff Association of Ghana (FUSSAG) at a meting in Accra.
Mr D. Ayim Antwi, General Secretary of TEWU and Mr Ibrahim Addy, Federal President of FUSSAG signed it.
The resolution said managements of the universities should take the necessary steps to secure a mandate and a date as early as possible for the negotiation of proposals they submitted in May for the review of salaries and conditions of service for junior and senior staff.
The resolution said the meeting deliberated extensively on the non-payment of the new salaries and considered the difficulties their members face because of the general rise in the prices of goods and services.
