The Ghana Mine Workers Union is threatening to bring the mining sector
to a standstill if the current huge disparity between wages of locals
and expatriates are not addressed.
According to the miners, they will use their right to collective bargaining to demand their due.
The union has been crying foul about the current trend, insisting most
underpaid locals have better capacity and training than their foreign
counterparts.
“Government used to say that the mining sector income gap may distort
the economy, but the reality is that this sector employs less than one
percent of the work force in the job market. So why wouldn’t we have the
situation where we get people to be paid good money to pay their taxes
then we grow the mining economy, “ the general secretary of the Miners
Union, Prince William Ankrah lamented.
In an interview with Citi Business News, he insisted the miners would ensure the trend would be reversed.
“We have collective bargaining to correct the internal mess and we will
use that muscle to deal with it. If we raise the issue and it’s not
getting the right attention, we have many strategies … if they don’t
come clean we will bring the mining sector to a standstill,” William
Ankrah charged.
Miners threaten to bring industry to a standstill
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