Union leaders urge striking doctors, pharmacists to resume work

The leadership of public sector unions has urged doctors and pharmacists in the public sector to resume work while negotiations continue.

At a meeting in Accra yesterday, the leaders discussed the strike by health workers to press home demands for conditions of service and the payment of outstanding allowances.

A statement signed by the Secretary-General of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Mr Kofi Asamoah, said leaders in their discussions noted that the strikes by the doctors and pharmacists were due largely to the government’s inability to proactively address the concerns of public sector workers.

"If government had acted in good faith on the concerns of the doctors, pharmacists and nurses, the situation could have been avoided,” they said.
Proposal leakage

The statement added that it was unfortunate that the government could release proposals submitted by the Ghana Medical Association to the media.

“We condemn this act because it is a