'Workers shouldn’t be allowed to strike for more than 72hrs'

Labour Relations Minister, Haruna Iddrisu, registered his displeasure with public workers' resort to going on strike as a means of cowing government whenever disagreement ensues between the two entities.

He has thus given an indication of his resolve to present a motion before Parliament to review the laws regulating strike actions in the country.

“As much as we respect the right to strike as a legitimate constitutional right, there must be a limitation to it to save lives. And that I will stand by it strongly, and I will facilitate it,” he assured on PeaceFM.

He also condemned the behaviour of some public workers who hop onto media platform to address their concerns.

“I think that in Ghana [you know it], a lot of people use the medium of the media to abuse, to misinform, to denigrate; it’s not nice. Rights must have responsibilities. Your right to speak ends at my right not to listen," urging the doctors to resolve the conflict amicably with the government.

Hon. Iddrisu, however, called on the striking medical doctors to resume work.

Speaking in an interview with host Kwami Sefa Kayi on "Kokrokoo", Hon. Haruna Iddrisu urged the striking doctors to sit at the negotiation table with the government and reach a consensus on their demands for conditions of service.

According to him, the government has provided some incentives to better the doctors' conditions of service and so, he expected the doctors to have exercised restraint before embarking on a strike.

“I plead with them to come and sit down with us. They should resume work. And if the work goes on, it is not that we won’t agree with them…"