JUSAG threatens to withdraw all staff from Supreme Court if strike remains unresolved

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has warned that its members at the Supreme Court will be directed not to report for work if the ongoing strike is not resolved by the end of this week.

The association’s General Secretary, Abdulai Yakubu, said members working at the apex court had been instructed to ensure that Wednesday’s sitting was the last to take place with judicial service staff participating during the industrial action.

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Speaking on JoyNews’ The Pulse on Thursday, November 5 2026, Yakubu said JUSAG was initially surprised when the Supreme Court continued sitting after the strike began.

He explained that the association’s leadership engaged its members after the court sat on the first day, expecting it to be a one-off occurrence.

However, he said the leadership was taken aback when the court sat again on Wednesday.

“After the Wednesday sitting, we have given an indication to our members who work at the Supreme Court that let the Wednesday sitting be the last of its kind,” he said.

Yakubu stressed that JUSAG was not seeking to prevent the Supreme Court from conducting its business but was opposed to judicial service staff being required to facilitate proceedings while the strike remained in force.

He said the Supreme Court did not sit on Thursday and suggested that it might not hold proceedings on Friday.

The JUSAG General Secretary warned that the association would take a firmer position if the dispute was not settled by the close of the week.

“If we don't get any resolution by the close of this week, the message we have for our members who work at the Supreme Court is that no one should turn up at the Supreme Court, and let no management member or anybody coerce any staff to violate any part of this strike,” he said.

Yakubu also maintained that the industrial action was protected under international labour laws to which Ghana is a signatory.

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