Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) employees have been summoned by the National Labour Commission (NLC) in response to an impending industrial action.
This development came about after the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) notified the NLC of the planned strike by GBC workers.
To address the contentious matters, the NLC has instructed both GBC workers and the FWSC to attend a hearing before the Commission on Wednesday, June 7, 2023.
Tensions have been escalating between GBC workers and the FWSC over the past few weeks. The conflict arose when the FWSC, acting through the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, halted the payment of allowances to certain GBC employees.
A statement issued by NLC stated, “We have received a complaint as above dated 5th June 2023 filed by the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) notifying the National Labour Commission of a threat of strike by the staff of Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).
“According to the notice, ‘the workers have threatened to embark on a series of industrial actions unless the FWSC restores the payment of allowances to some staff of GBC that it had withheld’. The National Labour Commission, in the exercise of its powers under “section 139″ of the Labour Act, (2003), Act 651, writes to summon the parties to appear before the Commission on Wednesday, 7th June 2023 at 1:00 pm for a hearing of the issues in dispute. With this intervention, the staff of GBC are advised to stay all or any intended action(s) and appear as scheduled. Parties are to take note accordingly”.
Read below the NLC’s statement:
