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The Ghana Airport Company Limited’s Divisional Union of the Public Services Workers’ Union of the Trade Union Congress has challenged the Company’s Board to make public, findings of the Investigative Committee.
This follows the Union’s decision to withdraw their services from 6 am on Friday, February 26, until further notice.
According to the group, the Company’s Board is attempting to shelve the report of an investigative committee that allegedly confirms that the Managing Director, Yaw Kwakwa is guilty of mismanagement and abuse of office.
Speaking on Joy FM’s NewsNite Thursday, the Divisional Chairman of the Union, Abdul-Issaka Bamba argued that if the Board is not covering for Mr Kwakwa then the Union that made the assertions must be informed about the findings.
Unemployment, redundancies and poverty soar as UK lockdown is brought to end
Ruling elites everywhere are doing the bidding of global corporations that are exploiting the pandemic to implement long-planned measures to slash costs, cut jobs and ramp up exploitation in factories and workplaces.
With all lockdown measures set to end by June and the economy reopened, those who have been shielded to some extent by furlough schemes and other social support will face the class war agenda pursued by the British ruling class as it seeks to complete the post-Brexit “Thatcher Revolution.”
Workers face grinding levels of exploitation, longer hours, increased workloads and wage cuts. UK companies are turning to “fire and rehire” ultimatums to push through attacks during the pandemic. Research conducted by BritainThinks for the Trades Union Congress found that almost a quarter of workers 24 percent has seen working terms, such as pay or hours, downgraded since the first lockdown last Ma
• Labour insists decisions must reflect interest of Nigerians
As the 36 governors meet today to decide on whether or not to increase the pump price of petrol, energy experts, civil society organisations and marketers have expressed concerns over attempts to reverse the deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector.
This is coming as oil price, yesterday, soared to $67 per barrel, a development that could further increase retail price of petrol, although it is positive for the Excess Crude Account and the 2021 budget.
Stakeholders said liberalisation of the downstream sector, including removal of subsidy, were necessary steps in reviving the downstream sector. They also maintained that taking clear decisions on how to implement minimum wage across the 36 states, providing other palliatives to cushion impacts, as well as proper use of subsidy should be critical for the governors.
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