Anglogold Ashanti workers on strike
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

Accra, August 5, Ghanadot - Information reaching Ghanadot indicated that over 5000 workers of the Anglogold Ashanti Limited have just this morning embarked on an indefinite strike over what they described as unfair wage scheme by management.

Mr. Prince William Ankrah, the General Secretary of Mine Workers Union, has accused management of being less sensitive to the plight of the local workers of the company.

In an interview on Joy FM, he maintained that the striking workers would only go back to work if management resolved to rectify the inconsistency in wage rate between local workers and expatriates.

To him, the time has come for the local workers of the company to be given decent and highly motivated pay for their work, adding that the local workers do more work than their expatriate colleagues.

“We believe as a business they should have a social, equity conscience… We are just watching the triggers. Iif they come to us today we talk today.

“We will make sure that we curtail the action; otherwise the action will continue. Most of the expatriates have virtually nothing to offer.”

The General Secretary maintained that mine workers have over the years proven their reluctance to use strike but added the latest action is to “send signal that we can create the enablers but we can be tough as well; so management cannot take us for granted”.

He said the union is in talks with the National Mine Workers Association to escalate the strike action into a national one, hoping this and other demands could be met.

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Anglogold Ashanti workers on strike

Accra, August 5, Ghanadot - Information reaching Ghanadot indicated that over 5000 workers of the Anglogold Ashanti Limited have just this morning embarked on an indefinite strike over what they described as unfair wage scheme by management....More