Members of the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) are set to begin an indefinite nationwide strike today [Monday, March 9], in protest over what the association describes as prolonged delays in the implementation of their agreed conditions of service.

The industrial action is expected to affect operations across several ministries, departments and agencies, as well as local government offices nationwide, where members of the association form a significant part of the administrative workforce.

According to the association’s leadership, the strike has become necessary after several attempts to engage the government over the implementation of the agreed conditions of service yielded no tangible results.

The development comes despite a directive from the National Labour Commission ordering the association to suspend the planned industrial action and return to the negotiation table.

However, the leadership of CLOGSAG has instructed its members across the country to defy the directive and proceed with the strike, insisting that the government, as the employer, has failed to adequately respond to their concerns.

Officials of the association argue that the delay in implementing the agreed conditions of service has created frustration among members who believe their welfare and working conditions have not received the necessary attention.

Speaking to Citi News ahead of the strike, the Public Relations Officer of CLOGSAG, Edmund Aquaye, indicated that the association’s leadership had not received any official communication from the government since the strike notice was announced last week.

He noted that the decision to proceed with the strike remains unchanged because the government, which is the association’s employer, has not provided any response to their demands.

“Since last Thursday that we gave the announcement for the strike, the National Assembly Council of CLOGSAG has still not heard anything from our employer and for that matter, our strike is still on. We are entreating all CLOGSAG members, wherever they are, not to go to work on March 9.

“We are dealing with our employer and we expect that our employer should be communicating with us.”