Ghana Medical Association May End Strike After Meeting with Labor UnionsGhana Medical Association May End Strike After Meeting with Labor Unions The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is considering ending its ongoing strike following a meeting with Organized Labour. According to the association’s president, Dr. Frank Serebour, the GMA is hopeful that they can resume normal operations after the meeting. He stated that they would communicate their decision upon its conclusion. The GMA joined Organized Labour’s nationwide strike to protest the government’s sale of SSNIT hotels to Rock City Hotel, owned by the Minister of Agriculture. The sale has since been rescinded, but the strike continues. Organized Labour has expanded its demands to include the dissolution of the SSNIT and NPRA boards, the dismissal of the management of SSNIT and NPRA, and the resignation of the Employment and Agriculture Ministers. The outcome of the meeting between the GMA and Organized Labour will be closely watched as it could potentially impact the ongoing strike and its demands.
Ghana Medical Association (GMA) may call off its strike action today after they meet with Organized Labour.
This was made known by Dr. Frank Serebour, the association’s president.
He made this known in an interview with Accra-based Pure FM on Monday, July 15, 2024.
“I am hopeful that at the end of the day, we will begin our operations fully. We will be meeting with organized labour and after that, we will communicate to you,” he said.
The Ghana Medical Association joined Organized Labour’s nationwide strike to force the government to rescind its decision to sell hotels belonging to SSNIT to Rock City Hotel owned by the county’s Agric Minister.
The decision to sell has been rescinded, with Rock City pulling out of the deal. However, Organized Labour’s strike continues to hold across the country.
They are demanding a dissolution of the SSNIT and NPRA board and also the sacking of the Management of SSNIT and the NPRA.
They are also demanding the immediate sack of the Employment and Agric Ministers who were involved in the decision to sell a state asset to a private individual.
