Highways Authority workers call for better salaries

Ho (Volta Region) - Workers of the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA) in Ho on Thursday demonstrated for better service conditions.

In a resolution adopted by the Local Senior Staff Association and the Commercial and Building Materials Workers Union (CBMWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), the workers called for the reconvening of the Authority's Joint Standing Negotiation Committee to discuss a review of existing conditions of service, restructuring and upward adjustment of salaries and re-introduction of End of Service Benefits (ESB).

The resolution said the implementation of the Ghana Universal Salary Structure (GUSS) had made workers of the authority worse off. It said Management had refused to co-operate with the Joint Negotiation Team for a long time "giving the excuse that they have not received any mandate for negotiation of wages and salaries."

''As a result of low salaries GHA, workers receive lump sum pension ranging between 1.5m cedis and 5m cedis resolution said.