Dissatisfaction has set in within Organised Labour as the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) pulls out of the intended October 10, nationwide strike.
The nationwide strike, targeted at pressuring government to end illegal mining,commonly known as ‘galamsey’ has taken a nose delve.
The aggrieved group claims they were not consulted before the announcement of the pending strike.
Speaking to the media in Kumasi Dr. Solomon Fokuo, a member of UTAG and also Head of the Entrepreneurship and Finance Department at Kumasi Technical University (KSTU), argued that if the leadership had failed in addressing the welfare of their members, hence the reason they are against the strike.
He said “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.
“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.”