Most public service workers are anxious of when salary negotiations for 2025 will commence since inflation, taxes and cost of living are making the salaries suffer hopelessness.
After the outbreak of the covid-19 Pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war, Ghana experienced a high cost of inflation in 2022, of which salaries were nothing to talk about, public service workers could no longer bear the heat which left many talking.
Organised labour felt the heat it members were going through and then consulted
Ministry of Finance for a Cost Of Living Allowance(COLA) to supplement it members, unfortunately the percentage they demanded was not met but half a loaf is better than non.
Fast Forward, the COLA couldn’t withstand the pressure in town, organised labour went on the round table to discuss salary increment for the 2023, since they knew the inflation rate and taxes at that time, they equally tightened their belt to go boot for boot with the government, of which finally a 30% increment was agreed on.
Along the line this year, some salary earners were calling for Cost of Living Allowance(COLA) since there has been increment in all utility tariffs.
Salary increment for 2024 began 2023 due to the back and forth, It was finalized in January , which 22+3 % were added from january to June and adsitional 3% to the previous from July to December.
Negotiation for 2025 is not talked about, we have two months to end the year and also a month to read badget for 2025, when is Labour unions scheduling a meeting with the ministry of finance to discuss increment for next year?, in every negotiation there is a back and forth which will take more than a month to conclude.
Organized labour should fastrack their actions to meet the government since we are in an election year.
Labour should note that, last year’s increment has suffered alot of taxes, tariffs and many others.
Labour should not succumb to the government wish this time, salary earners must also receive their share through increment.
This time your members look up to you for a greater percentage next year.
From a closed source, due to the strike labour is planning to embark on, meeting with the government to commence negotiation will begin late October or early November.
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