Medical Laboratory workers end strike
By: Augustine Agyamin Boateng The Medical Laboratory Professional Worker’s Union (MELPWU) has suspended its nationwide strike. Members of the Union are expected to begin rendering services on Tuesday June 25, 2024 following a directive by the National Labour Commission (NLC) for the MELPWU to end the strike and return to the negotiation table with the Government. […]
By: Augustine Agyamin Boateng
The Medical Laboratory Professional Worker’s Union (MELPWU) has suspended its nationwide strike.
Members of the Union are expected to begin rendering services on Tuesday June 25, 2024 following a directive by the National Labour Commission (NLC) for the MELPWU to end the strike and return to the negotiation table with the Government.
This development is as a result of an emergency meeting held on Thursday June 20 between the union and concerned government bodies.
On Monday June 17, 2024, MELPWU declared a nationwide strike to demand improved conditions of service.
The National Labour Commission (NLC) has directed MELPWU to end the strike and return to the negotiation table with the Government.
According to MELPWU, the directive followed a meeting involving representatives of MELPWU, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
The Bono Regional Chairman of the Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS), Mark Dankwah. He said the NLC has set June 26, for a meeting to be held between the Ministries of Finance and Health and the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission.
Mark Dankwah said, if the meeting does not end with their demands being met, they have no option than to strike again.
The strike affected services provided by their members in medical laboratories, pathology laboratories, blood banks and public mortuary facilities across the country.
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