The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) has announced the suspension of its 3 day old strike over conditions of service.
According to leadership of the striking health workers, the suspension is in response to the injunction secured by the National Labor Commission.
The National Labour Commission (NLC) secured an ex-parte interlocutory injunction restraining Public nurses, Mid-wives, Physician Assistants (PA) and Anaesthetists (CRA) from embarking on the strike declared by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA).
“Yesterday, Tuesday, September 22, 2020, around 4:30 pm, we received notice from the head office administrator that a court bailiff had formally and properly come to the office to serve the injunction on the GRMA and its associates. Because of our respect for the court, we have decided to suspend our strike action with effect from Thursday, September 24, 2020, at 8 am pending the outcome of our negotiations,” President of GRNMA, Mrs Perpetual Ofori-Ampofo announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
The Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) in a statement dated September 17, 2020 directed all its members including Nurses, Midwives, Physician Assistants and Anesthetists to withdraw their services indefinitely from Monday, September 21, 2020.
The industrial action was to press home its demands for improved condition of service.
This was after a series of meetings with government over its demands yielded no positive results. The meetings were held to negotiate on conditions of service including the Non-Core Category two and three allowances for members of GRNMA.
