Workers of UCC embark on strike action

Cape Coast (Central Region), 20TH April ?99, --

Both senior and junior staff of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) have embarked on a strike action to press home their demands for improved salary scales and better conditions of service.

University sources said on Tuesday that the strike which began on April 13 should have come off earlier but was delayed because of the 29th Congregation of the university held on April 10.

Some of the workers wearing red arm bands could be seen in groups under trees chatting among themselves and as one worker put it "we are waiting for our leaders".

Another source said there were no lectures on Tuesday morning and that members of the UCC branch of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) were holding an emergency meeting on the Price Waterhouse salary issue. Meanwhile, members of the University administration were also said to be holding a meeting behind closed doors.