Court orders freeze on Tier 2 pension strikes 

The Fast Track High Court has restrained the 12 labour unions battling government over the management of their Tier 2 pension funds from embarking on any form of strike.

The order will remain in force until the final determination of a suit in connection with the release of funds for the Tier 2 pension.

Daily Graphic's correspondent Mabel Aku Baneseh reports that the court also directed the parties in the case not to take any action that would endanger the country's peace.

The 12 unions - Health Services Workers Union, Ghana Registered Nurses’ Association, Ghana Medical Association, Ghana Physician Assistants Association’, Government and Hospital Pharmacists’ Association, Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists, Ghana National Association of Teachers, Teachers and Educational Workers’ Union, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Coalition of Concerned Teachers, Civil and Local Government Staff Association and the Judicial Service Staff Association last November hit the streets over disagreements with the government over the management of the fund.

The demonstrations which were held simultaneously in Accra and Kumasi, followed a strike declared by the unions that crippled the nation for almost a month, ending only after the High Court, Labour Division granted an ex-parte application by the government to restrain the workers.

The unions disagree with government over the choice of a private trustee to manage the funds and want to be allowed to choose their own fund managers.