The leadership of the Teachers and Educational Workers Union, TEWU -of- TUC has welcomed a directive from the National Labour Commission to the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to get a clear response from the Ministry of Finance on the payment of Professional Development Allowance to the members of Ghana Education Service, GES – TEWU.
At a hearing which has a representative of the Ghana Education Service, the Commission gave the directive.
The General Secretary of TEWU, Mark Denkyira-Korankye has been speaking on the National Labour Commission directive and urged members to exercise patience to see the outcome in the next two weeks.
” This matter has travelled for over 2 years, our patience is running out and our members are on the urge to wait for some actions to be taken.
Having listened to us, the GES management and the Commissioners directed that the Union hold on to any intended action, and we were given directives to the Ministry of Finance to respond to the letter from Fair Wages and Salaries Commission on whether approval is granted or not,” He said.
Mr Denkyira Korankye further revealed that the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Ministry of Education, the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission, and the Ghana Education Service Management should do a follow-up on the Ministry of Finance to ensure some response is received from them within the given two weeks period.
He added that the parties are expected to report back to the Commission on May 3, 2023.
