CLOGSAG Leadership Boycotts NLC Meeting Over Ongoing Strike
National Labour Commission Reschedules Talks to March 18 After Declaring Strike Illegal
- CLOGSAG leadership failed to attend an NLC meeting over their strike.
- The National Labour Commission has declared the strike illegal.
- The commission says it cannot hear the substantive case while the strike continues.
The leadership of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) on Wednesday, March 11, reportedly boycotted a scheduled meeting with the National Labour Commission (NLC) regarding their ongoing strike action.
The commission had earlier directed the striking workers to suspend the industrial action and appear before it to address their concerns.
However, the leadership of the association failed to attend the meeting convened by the commission.
Speaking to TV3 Ghana, the Executive Secretary of the NLC, Bernice Welbeck, disclosed that a new meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, to resolve the impasse.
According to her, the commission could not proceed with discussions on the workers’ grievances because the association was absent and had continued with the strike.
“Because they didn’t appear and they are still on strike, when a party is on strike or has instituted an industrial action, the substantive matter cannot be heard,” she explained.
Dr. Welbeck further indicated that the commission had already declared the strike illegal and instructed the association to immediately call off the industrial action.
“The first one said it constituted an illegality if they embarked on it. Now, the declaration has been made, which is a kind of ruling, that the action they’ve taken is illegal. And so we are moving step by step,” she said.
She added that the leadership of CLOGSAG has been directed to call off the strike and appear before the commission next week to address the matter.
“They’ve been asked to call it off immediately and appear next week, Wednesday, March 18, 2026,” she noted.
