Do not rush - Vormawor

Koforidua (Eastern Region) 31 march '99

Mr Daniel Vormawor, deputy secretary general of the Trades Union Congress in-charge of administration, has appealed to workers not to force the Central Management Board to hastily implement the public sector salary rationalisation policy which might not be in their interest. At a meeting of the New Juaben District Council of Labour in Koforidua, he stressed the need to give CMB time to scrutinise and remove all distortions before the implementation of the policy. Mr Vormawor asked workers not to expect ''any appreciable salary increase'' under the Price Waterhouse Report and called on the government to come out with a temporary across the board salary increase to ensure industrial peace. The deputy secretary general assured workers that with the operation of an insurance company under the Labour Enterprise Trust, more ventures will be initiated and asked workers who have not bought shares to do so in their own interest. The Eastern Regional secretary of the TUC, Mr Henry Pieterson, briefed the meeting on the recent changes in the TUC constitution and called on women workers to involve themselves actively in union activities.