The Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has refused to call off its indefinite strike despite the Ministry of Finance approving the payment of outstanding salary arrears owed to its members.
The association says the payment arrangement addresses only one of its demands and is not enough to end the industrial action.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, JUSAG Deputy General Secretary Joyce Assan said members had taken note of the Ministry’s announcement but remained dissatisfied with the proposed resolution.
“We have seen the statement, but that is not what we are demanding. Our demands are clear, and this is just one of them. We will therefore not accept it as sufficient to call off the strike,” she said.
She insisted that members would remain off duty until the government addressed their outstanding concerns.
“We have been patient all this while, but we will not call off the strike until the government does what we are asking for,” she added.
Ms Assan, however, welcomed the Ministry’s decision to pay the arrears in two tranches, describing it as a step in the right direction.
She also praised the association’s leadership for engaging members, saying a meeting was still ongoing as of 6:30 p.m. on Monday, November 2, during which members reaffirmed their position.
The Ministry of Finance had announced its approval for the arrears payment following JUSAG’s decision to embark on an indefinite strike.
The industrial action has disrupted court operations across the country, affecting several court facilities.
