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| Mr. Ananga, Regional ICU Officer (M) |
The Volta regional
branch of the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) has sent a word of
caution to owners of private FM stations and other employers in the region to
desist from the blatant flouting of the labour laws by paying their employees below
the national minimum wage.
According to Mr. Samuel
Ananga, the Union’s regional Officer, most of the private entities including the
FM stations and schools denied their workers adequate remuneration and other
service benefits, despite engaging their services beyond the statutory 8 working
hours per day; in violation of the international labour Organisation’s
convention on ‘equal pay for equal work.’
At a press briefing
to mark the maiden edition of ‘World Precarious Day’ in Ho on Tuesday, Mr.
Ananga disclosed that his outfit has in recent times received numerous complaints
from such workers, who in some cases are not paid their meagre salaries for
months.
