Along with Organized Labor, the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has decided to postpone its planned strike for February 13, 2024.
This resulted from the government’s decision to hold off on enacting an electricity-related VAT to consult with the IMF.
At a news conference, ICU-General Ghana’s Secretary Morgan Ayawine declared, “We are equally suspending our action, and we will be on red alert.”
“We are conveying to our members worldwide that this is a triumph, one that benefits not just our members but also the people of Ghana,” he declared.
He stated that the Union thought the government’s decision to halt the power tariff should stand alone.
“We would like to think that this is an indefinite suspension. Thus, our members shouldn’t think that we’ve lost,” he remarked.
At its meeting on Friday, February 2, Organized Labor decided to issue an ultimatum to the government requesting that they remove the power tax, which is set to expire in January 2024.
The goal of the protest was to persuade the government to rescind the electricity tariff, which has made Ghanaians’ lives more difficult and left them in poverty.
To send a clear message to the government that they won’t back down until the government abandons its plan to impose a value-added tax on energy, the leadership of organized labor called on all employees nationwide to begin wearing “red” to work on Monday, February 5.
