JUSAG Says Strike Continues Unless Government Meets Revised Demands

The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has warned that its members will not return to work until the government responds satisfactorily to their concerns about conditions of service.

The association's General Secretary, Abdulai Yakubu, made the position known on Saturday, November 7, during an interview on the Channel One Newsroom, as first reported by Citi News.

According to Mr Yakubu, the leadership of the association is not happy with how far talks with the government have progressed in resolving the dispute.

He said JUSAG first sent its list of demands to the Presidency and waited for a reply. When that reply came, it did not match what the association was seeking, he explained.

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The association then decided to scale back its original demands and offer concessions, with the aim of making it easier for the government to reach a deal with the striking workers.

However, Mr Yakubu indicated that the response received so far has still fallen short of what members had hoped for.

He described the revised proposals as the furthest the association was prepared to go in seeking a compromise. In his words, the leadership had made clear that "the revised position was the best we could do for the government".

Mr Yakubu said the stance of the association's leaders had not changed, and that if the government could not agree to the revised terms, members would keep up their industrial action.

"Given the extent to which we have gone with the government, if it is unable to meet our demands, we may still have to continue the strike," he said.

The general secretary did not give details of the specific items contained in either the original or the revised demands during the interview, according to the report.

The government's response to the association's latest position was not stated in the report.