The High Court in Accra has ordered the Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana (CLOGSAG) to end its strike action.

CLOGSAG initiated a nationwide strike on November 7, citing delays by the government in finalizing a revised salary structure.

In a statement dated October 22, CLOGSAG had announced its plan to strike, anticipating that the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC) would not meet the October 31 deadline to complete the new structure.

This decision stemmed from the government’s failure to implement the proposed salary adjustments, despite signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) over a year and a half ago.

In a statement released on Monday, November 4, CLOGSAG’s Executive Secretary, Isaac Bampoe Addo, expressed doubts that the new salary structure could realistically take effect by January 1, 2025.

Meanwhile, the National Labour Commission (NLC) has secured an injunction to halt the strike.

The court order signed by Justice Frank Aboadwe Rockson noted that “UPON READING the affidavit of OFOSU ASAMOAH of House No. C199 Norley Afia Street Nmai -Djorn, Accra, the Executive Secretary for the Applicant herein filed on 7th day of November, 2024 in support of Motion Ex-Parte for an order for Interlocutory Injunction:

AND UPON HEARING the submission of ALEXANDER OWUSU JUNIOR ESQ., Counsel for and on behalf of the Applicant herein:

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Respondent, their Executives Officers, Members, Agents, Servants, Employees and other Persons are restrained from further continuation of their strike action from 7th November, 2024.

IT IS HEREBY FURTHER ORDERED that the Respondent by itself, its Executives, Officers, Members, Agents, Servants, Employees and other Persons are to comply with the directives of the National Labour Commission dated 6th November, 2024 and call off the industrial action.”