The meeting held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, in Accra between the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG), the government, and the National Labour Commission (NLC) concluded without a resolution.

This meeting was prompted by the association's recent threat of industrial action if concerns related to the workers' conditions of service, such as low wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), were not addressed.

MOWAG is urging the government to implement the agreed-upon conditions of service reached in 2020. Richard Kofi Jordan, the General Secretary of the Ghana Mortuary Workers Association, mentioned in an interview with Citi News that the government had set a timeline for payments to be made, running from December 4 to December 29.

He further stated that another meeting is scheduled between the association, the NLC, and the government on December 13, 2023, to finalize payment modalities for its members.

“The decision is still on standby. We are supposed to come to the commission on the 13th of December again because the government says it has provided guidelines regarding the payment of allowances… If we haven’t received anything by the 29th, and it goes into another year, then we will proceed with our plans.”

“We will urge them to do the needful. If they have stated that they will do it at this time, they should do it because it is long overdue.”

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has provided specific timelines for the implementation of the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Mortuary Workers Association of Ghana (MOWAG).