The Ghana Airports Company Limited is said to be defaulting in its engagement with a cross section of staff. The aggrieved staff are demanding their full basic salaries and some training allowances due them from October 2018 to September 2019.
These personnel who were confirmed permanent staff of the company in 2020 are still on their contract salaries, almost two years after the confirmation.
All efforts to get an internal resolution to their issues have proved futile.
Calling on government intervention, the agitated staff are demanding a full allocation of their actual salaries with arrears backdating the year 2020 as well as training allowances for the aforementioned period.
This group comprises of staff of various sections and departments such as:
- Rescue and Fire Fighting Service Officers who were trained in a rigorous non-residential paramilitary style for a whole year without any monthly allowance. It must be noted also that the training exceeded the stipulated period by over six months, yet these personnel have been treated unfairly till date. Subsequently, these persons were enrolled on a one year contract in contradiction with Ghana labour laws and even had to fight for their employment to be regularised in the 15th month without a salary raise. Two years after that, salary issues have still not been rectified. Others are;
- Airside Officers
- Customer Service personnel
- Trolley personnel
- Electromech & Electrical staff
- Drivers, etc.
Having tried over the past two years to get a resolution to their issues from the leadership and management of the company as well as the divisional union, the aggrieved staff are said to have exhausted all options as prescribed in the Collective Bargaining Agreement of the company. Hence, the call for government intervention.
It is noteworthy that various sectional and departmental heads, directors, group executives and the office of the managing director have been petitioned, yet without result.
It is alleged and widely circulating that, the Group Executive for Human Capital and Office Services (formerly Director for Human Resources), Mr Robert S. Tagoe and some members of the GACL management have just decided to disregard, downplay and rubbish the painful concerns of these staff by depriving them of their due entitlement.
These staff who work hard for the Ghana Airport Company are calling on the government and the media to intervene since the current management led by Mrs. Pamela Djamson – Tettey have decided not to pay and settle them. It is painful that they give off their best at work, yet their salaries do not reflect such especially in these times of economic hardship.
There is a growing unrest among the concerned staff which must be addressed with promptness before matters get out of hand. They deserve to be paid what is due. They deserve to treated fairly.
