Government Urged to Come Out With New Minimum Wage

The Kwawu-South District Council of Labour (DCL) has called on the government to come out with a new minimum wage to enhance their living standards.

The council said the present minimum wage of 4,200 cedis cannot sustain them due to the depreciation of the cedi, recent increases in fuel prices and the proposed price increases in utility services.

These were contained in a six-point resolution adopted at the first quarterly meeting of the DCL at Mpraeso at the weekend.

The resolution also called for the de-freezing of the end of service benefits (ESB) for civil and public servants, to get adequate remuneration when retiring from active service.

The resolution said since ministers and other top officials of the past government received "huge sums of money" as their ESB, other public and civil servants should also benefit.

They congratulated the government for its positive change concept but urged her to be transparent, since the Trades Union Congress (TUC) was not happy with the government's adoption of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.

Mr Harry Pieterson, Eastern Regional Secretary of the TUC, said the congress would continue to give requisite training to its members to help them face the challenges of the times