Intercity STC workers call for investigations
Workers of Intercity STC (ISTC) have called on the Ministry of Transport to constitute an independent committee to examine their grievances critically to avoid any protracted and unforeseen development in the forward march of the organisation.
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They stressed that the committee of enquiry set up earlier to investigate the circumstances leading to workers agitation was not properly constituted, and that they disagreed with its recommendations.
These were contained in a petition addressed to the minister and signed by Messrs Samuel Clottey and Hope Kofi Klu, chairmen of the Senior Staff and the Junior Staff unions.
It said the ISTC Board, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust and management, who constituted the committee, were the same entities against whom the workers had levelled allegations.
“We, therefore, find the setting up of the committee of enquiry as ill-fated and not human centred,” it stated.
The petition said the protest by the workers in September, last year was to draw attention to the need for the stakeholders to take steps to recapitalise and ensure the growth and sustainability of the company, but strangely the committee did not take account of that in its report.
It said looking at the sensitivity of the grievances raised by workers and the recommendations of the committee, it was clear that nothing concrete had been done or achieved in the interest of the company and its employees.
“Our major concern as workers is to ensure that the government salvages this onetime very promising, successful and vibrant transport organisation,” the petition stated.
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It would be recalled that workers of ISTC, on September 25, 2013, began a three-day protest to register their rage and despair at management’s inability to address their concerns.
According to the workers, management had refused to pay their provident fund and had not increased their salaries for 10 years, although the managing director had allegedly increased his salary twice within the period.
They, therefore, decided to lay down their tools until management addressed all their concerns.