Organised Labour has said it will proceed with its intended strike on Thursday October 10, 2024, despite the President's plea for more time.

According to the group, the president's response was dissatisfactory despite his reaffirmed commitment to addressing the illegal mining issue.

Organised Labour had since September threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the president fails to declare a state of emergency on illegal mining and implement long-term solutions to combat the problem.

On Monday, October 7, the Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Joshua Ansah, spoke to the media and reiterated the union’s determination to go ahead with the strike unless significant action is taken by the government before the ultimatum.

“We have concluded as follows; our strike remains unchanged... We are of the view that what the government has proposed does not adequately address our demands and therefore our notice of strike remains unchanged,” he said.

But there have been some divisions with the labour unions as some factions say they were not adequately informed about the unions decision to strike.

The Technical University Teachers Association of Ghana (TUTAG), other groups and a faction identifying itself as “Concerned Members of Organised Labour,” said they were not pleased with how the strike was communicated.

They want Organised Labour to suspend the strike and engage in further dialogue with the government.

“We are all against galamsey. We are against all those who are destroying our waterbodies and the environment and we urge the government to use legal means to stop it to protect our environment, but the major concern is what Organised Labour is talking about.

“They have decided to declare a strike on October 10, but we were not consulted, and we have not been involved and are not aware," Dr. Solomon Fokuo, a member of TUTAG was quoted to have said by citinewsroom.com.

He added that “We have not been involved in any of the activities that they have been doing. We don’t know where they get their energy from and if they had used the same energy in fighting for our welfare, things would have been better.”

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