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Ghana Medical Association to take part in labour protest

According to organized labour the law was poorly written and has occasioned very high and unjustified increases in fuel prices.

(File photo) Ghana Medical Association to take part in labour protest

Pulse.com.gh has learnt all doctors across the country will join in the nationwide demonstration by organized labour on Wednesday January 20th and subsequent actions to be declared by labour.

This was confirmed by the secretary general of the Trade Union Congress Kofi Asamoah, who said,” doctors are also workers and since we are calling for a demonstration, they will join”.

Organized Labour is demanding for a withdrawal of the close to 30% increase in prices of petroleum products following the passage of the energy sector levies Act.

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Labour is also demanding that utility tariffs including water and electricity be increased by only 50 percent, after the PURC sanctioned a 59.2% increase in electricity and 67.2% increase in water tariffs which took effective December 14, 2015.

Labour is also accusing government of sneaking in another increase in utility tariffs this year with electricity tariffs increasing by another 10% and water tariffs increasing beyond 112% with the implementation of the energy sector levies law.

In August last year, a 17 day strike by doctors under the Ghana Medical association led to the death of about 500 people according to data provided by the Health Insurance Service Providers Association of Ghana (HISPAG).

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