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TUC General Secretary brief Workers on Single Spine Salary
Structure
Bolgatanga, April 8, Ghanadot/GNA -
Government employees in Upper East Region on Monday were
briefed by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) on how far
Government had reached working on the Single Spine Salary
Structure to be introduced soon.
Mr Kofi Asamoah, Acting General Secretary of TUC, explained
that under the public sector reforms, all jobs in the public
sector were being evaluated to determine salaries based on
the principle of equal work for equal value.
“The reforms are expected to lead to the introduction of a
unified, single, spine Salary Structure for all public
Sector Workers listed under Article 190 of the constitution
which include our members,” he reiterated.
Mr Asamoah stated that TUC was participating fully in the
process to ensure that its members in the public sector were
rewarded equitably.
He explained that the meetings with the consultant of the
reforms projects had been moving forward and backwards given
the enormity of the task involved in the placement of jobs
on the single spine.
He stated that it had been agreed by social partners that
salaries and wages for 2008 should be negotiated at the
various public sector negotiating machinery while waiting
and expecting the consultant’s report which is expected by
June 2008.
Currently, there are more than 600,000 public sector workers
providing various services in areas such as water, health,
education, water, sanitation, electricity and security.
Mr Asamoah said despite the fact that Ghana had been a
signatory to numerous international Labour Conventions and
the Labour Act, many employers continued to frustrate
workers. “Many workers’ salaries are meagre and even
sometimes delayed”.
He advocated for better salaries and conditions of workers,
saying it was only through this that workers would be
motivated to work harder to increase productivity.
He expressed the hope that with the introduction of the
Single Spine concept, salaries and conditions of services of
workers could be improved.
He stressed the need for unity and solidarity at the labour
front and said the cardinal principle of Trades Union was
Unity and Solidarity.
The meeting also deliberated on plans towards this year’s
May Day Celebration.
GNA
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