Members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) have voted to remain on strike but stay the execution of its final roadmap that would have seen their resignation from public service. At an extraordinary general assembly meeting on Friday, August 14, the doctors were divided over the activation of the final phase. While one group called […]
An extraordinary general assembly meeting is scheduled to be held today, Friday, August 14, by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) over its roadmap on resigning due to an absence of conditions of service for members.
The Ghana Medical Association, GMA has filed a conditional appearance in the case brought against it by the General Secretary of the United Front Party, UFP, to determine the legality of their strike. The conditional appearance filed is to give the GMA time to put together the necessary documents while is seen by others as
Members of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) have suspended their strike over non-payment of 2014/2015 Book and Research allowances. The lecturers laid down their tools on August 6 following what they say is government’s delay to pay the allowances. The Association had noted that until government paid the monies, they were not going
The first time I wrote about a strike action, I made many enemies. That was in August 2013, exactly two years ago. The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) announced strike on August 1, 2013, to protest unpaid salary arrears. Within 12 hours, the government resolved the issue and started paying their arrears that were
Leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on government and striking doctors to resume negotiations to save the lives of innocent and poor Ghanaians.
The Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Ghana (CCT-G) has warned of embarking on a strike action if government does not take immediate steps to pay members their transfer grants and incremental credits.
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has scheduled Friday, August 14 to hold an extraordinary general assembly meeting to review its roadmap over members’ conditions of service. This decision was reached on Tuesday, August 11 at the 4th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in the Eastern Region capital of Koforidua. A statement issued at the end
1. PRESIDENT, NEGOTIATE AND SAVE LIVES Irmo, South Carolina 9TH August, 2015 Your Excellency, RE: NEGOTIATING WITH THE DOCTORS I have read with alarm, your comments regarding the curtailment of services by Ghanaian doctors. While your remarks appear consistent with your “dead goat philosophy”, your posture is unfortunate. To add to your remarks, NDC officials
Retired doctors are likely to replace striking members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) as they prepare to resign as a group on Friday. One of such retired doctors willing to fill the gap of the agitating GMA members is a former Director General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Elias Sore. Dr Sore told
